No, and that is not on point. This is a far more public accessible location--a parking lot. Do all employees abandon all their property rights and other constitutionally guaranteed rights when they step on the premises? No. With this logic, AOL can also insist that all employees vote for Kerry or, worse, Nader.
You do know that SCOTUS ruled that shopping malls can ban "free speech" on their premises don't you? I know, because I "argued" the case in moot court in law school, prior to the rendering of the Tanner decision, which was pending at the time. I argued the winning side. I argued that the folks handing out leaflets were officious intermedlers, noisome, and should not have the right to interfere with mall sales, or something like that. It was a long time ago, but the memory is fresh to this day.
The road, which I own, to my house is a quarter mile long. Which parts of it should I allow folks to carry guns on?
But isn't there a key difference because the voting booth isn't on AOL property? I thought the issue was AOL controlling what items came onto its property, not the behavior. As I understood it, AOL wasn't firing employees because they learned the employee had a gun at home or went hunting on the weekend, but b/c the gun came onto AOL property. This is a very thought provoking thread....