i was in a meeting the other day where i work and we have a policy called "10 deadly sins". they are a list of 10 things that will get you terminated with no questions. one of the things on the list is carrying a weapon on the premises. i dont have my ccw yet, but ill be getting it soon and i was wondering if anyone else have had to worry about this while carrying? do you carry while at work considering your not a LEO? if so, how is your take on this?
my work does not allow carrying a weapon as its a county building. i carry to work place my weapon in a gun rug in the car and i carry as soon as i leave. i carry everywhere all the time but its not worth me losing my job and families income over. besides i park as close to the gate as possible.
We can carry on company prop. as long as it is something that has been run by the boss. I am usually the first one or two here in the morning and we work in a less than desirable part of town. There are many transients, prostitutes and drug deals that happen around here. It is nice that I can carry into work. They would prefer us not to carry around the building and to secure the weapon during the day.
The company I work for does not have a written policy one way or the other. I carry at work, but do not tell anyone there. If there was a policy in place, or management asked me not to carry, I would not. It's not worth losing my job.
It was demanded and required that I carry mulitple weapons at my place of business. Of course I was a Federal LEO for 20 years and a Chief of Police for 14.
i just took a job where i got to use my own car for work.and now i cant even keep one in my in my car while working.if i thay find out i keep one in there i will be fired
Maryland flight paramedics are also Maryland state troopers so they are armed while treating but if one of them is working on you, you are in very bad shape and will not notice their sidearm.
If I would carry at work under those conditions would depend upon if it's a company policy or a state law. I work in a FL school, so there is no choice.
If it were only company policy, then I have to weigh how tough the neighborhood is as compared to my willingness to be fired. Concealed is concealed!IMHO (but it has to be legal)
Makes two of us. Teaching at a state university in FL means no choice for me...and the U where I work has also made it policy to exercise its right under state law to prohibit even having a weapon in one's vehicle in the parking lots on campus.
I have no doubt I would face termination were I to violate this.
i guess i should have chose a different way of asking my question as i didnt mean to offend anyone on my question. i was thinking that with it being concealed it might be a little above and beyond that law. i understand not carrying in schools and such but as for where i work (a major hotel/restaurant), it might be one of them things where out of sight/out of mind applies. thank you all very much for the thoughts and comments!
Obey the Law and Company Policy you won't be going wrong.
I have a "gun box" in my truck, carry to work, lock it up and carry after work. So I guess if there is a "workplace shooting" I'll be one of the "unlucky" unarmed victims but i will keep my job.
In Utah businesses MUST allow their workers to keep their guns in their vehicles in the parking lot. Otherwise a worker would be denied protection to/from work. However, businesses can have a "no weapons" policy in the building and can enforce that by firing the culpable.
My company has such a policy and I don't like it. Once I was in working on a Saturday and the place was being robbed. I actually unknowingly bumped into one of the thieves. It's a big place so I didn't think anything about not knowing the person. Also, we had a bomb threat recently.
I'm actually thinking of approaching the management and asking for a quiet exception to the rule.
I am not a lawyer and this may be completely wrong. (I'm going to have to add this to my sig )
Violation of company policy has always been grounds for termination. If you decide to carry at work resign yourself to the fact if your discovered, you'll be fired. Also be prepared to be fired at any point. No means of carry is going to be 100% effective and circumstances can trip you up as well. If you were to get sick and pass out, or get injured on the job, the odds are you will also be discovered to be carrying and fired for rules violation.
Depending on what you do for your Job, CCing is something to make sure your not Hurt or killed for the Company's property, and your Property...Sorry there is no Job out there worth my life...( its a choice)
Granted that the Economy sux,and jobs are hard to come,but Corporate lawyers are Libs, and think that if a employees could go "postal" If HE/SHE did,would be sued for said employee actions...
So If your Job doesn't have a 100k life ins policy then IMHO do what you need to Protect one self... So my answer is they dont know, I'm not telling...
So If your Job doesn't have a 100k life ins policy then IMHO do what you need to Protect one self... So my answer is they dont know, I'm not telling...
I am not a postal worker and when I am at the office, it is with other degreed professionals. There is a solid "No Weapons" policy on the books. A gun still isn't a guarantee if something freaky did go down. If I worked in a dodgy neighborhood or was in a higher crime area, I would reserve the right to revisit that decision.
The likelihood of me being fired for in-the-office cc are astronomically higher than the likelihood I'd need to shoot someone there. I'll take my chances with being employed and unarmed while in the office. Plus, my company life insurance policy is well over $1.5 M.
I could die from a heart attack or being hit by the UPS truck at the loading dock. Never confuse a gun with a life insurance policy, and never assume having a gun in a violent assault guarantees you victory.
I do not because the employee handbook specifically forbids it in buildings OR IN PARKING LOTS. I won't risk my employment over it. Hopefully, one of the things that gets resolved in our next legislative session in 2011 is parking lot carry. It nearly made it in 2009, but the bill ran out of time.
Frankly, I don't have a problem with not being allowed through the doors with it, as long as I can protect myself to and from the office.
Not sure if this is the place for this comment or not--but I've been haunted for years by the Suzanna Hupp story. Complying with TX law, she left her handgun in her car as she joined her parents for a meal at a local diner--and a gunman shortly thereafter entered the diner, murdered 23 people and wounded 20 others. Both of her parents were murdered. Her dad tried to take the shooter down & instead was mortally wounded. Her mother went to the side of her dying husband to comfort him--and in turn was also shot by this deranged killer. If Hupp and ignored the law (as the bad guys always do), she'd have had her handgun with her. Who knows what may have happened--but at least someone would have had the same 'advantage' the shooter did. Thinking about that scenario, knowing you had a gun but it was nowhere where you could get to it in time--that haunts me. 23 people killed. 20 wounded. One armed madman shooting fish in a barrel.
My workplace has signs posted all over prohibiting weapons on within the building. I know a good handful of folk there who have CC permits and keep their weapons locked in their cars. Their thinking is--maybe they could get to the car in time to protect their co-workers/loved ones. I doubt it--but at least they'd have a chance. It's just too little, too late. By the time they'd possibly get to their car, get weapon, get back into building--dozens could be killed. I do not advocate breaking the law, or breaking company policy. But I can't help but feel as though if you had a weapon on you (whatever it was, knife, baton, pistol...) and you managed to take an evil-doer down--you'd be in the right in everyone's minds--and then get fired for it after the fact.
Oof. Sorry to get so dark. But that scenario really bothers me. And it just seems as though workplace shootings are getting a bit more prevalent.
Then there is the one about the Asst. Principle who parked his car the required distance away from the school so he could keep his gun in it. Shooter entered and started shooting. Asst. Principle ran to his car, ran back, disabled the shooter. Rough estimates are that if he had been allowed to carry 5 lives would have been saved.
common question. here is my common answer:
if its not illegial, then its up to you.
whether or not carrying at work is worth getting fired over if you get caught is your decision alone.
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