Security Guard Plans To Challenge Disney By Bringing Gun To Work ?

OrlandoDriver · July 4th, 2008, 10:59 PM

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- A Disney security guard told Eyewitness News he's okay with being fired rather than go to work unprotected. Disney claims it's exempt from a new state law that allows employees to keep handguns in their cars.

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NKMG19 · July 4th, 2008, 11:29 PM

The guard got suspended. I will be following this very closely.

Disney Employee Suspended For Bringing Gun To Work - Orlando News Story - WESH Orlando

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A Disney employee was suspended after challenging the company’s gun policy.
Edwin Sotomayor is a security guard at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. He said Disney is violating his rights by not allowing him to bring his gun to work.
"When it comes down to my personal rights, that’s where I draw the line," Sotomayor said.
Under a new state law that went into effect on Tuesday, Floridians with concealed weapons permits are allowed to keep firearms locked in their cars while on the job.
Disney claimed a loophole in the new law means the company does not have to comply. There is an exemption for businesses that import, manufacture or deal in explosive materials and Disney has a federal permit to handle fireworks.
Sotomayor said Disney has a weak excuse and he arrived at work on Friday with his gun locked in his trunk.
"I’m ready to be terminated because their stance is zero tolerance, if that’s the case, let it be," Sotomayor said. "They want to control government. They want to control society, society is us."
A video shot by Sotomayor on Friday shows Disney bosses and sheriff’s deputies waiting for him.
They asked him if they could search his vehicle, and when he refused, he was suspended and banned from the property.
"They are breaking the law," Sotomayor said. "I mean policy is one thing, but policies do not rule society, the law does."
Sotomayor said he is prepared to wage a legal battle if he is fired.
"Of course, it’s not just for me. It’s for everyone involved in this," Sotomayor said.
Disney spokeswoman Zoraya Suarez explained the suspension.
"Mr. Sotomayor refused to allow a search of his car as part of our continuing policy prohibiting guns on our property," Suarez said.
Other Disney employees agree with the company’s policy.
"No guns on property," Disney employee Lee Morgan said. "It’s a family facility. I don’t think their should be any firearms at all."
Sotomayor said the issue is not his safety at work; it is his safety during his commute.
"I’m willing to lose my job," Sotomayor said. "I’m not the only one; I’m doing this for everyone."
Disney did not say if Sotomayor is suspended with or without pay.
A spokesman for the union that represents Disney’s security guards said he personally supports Sotomayor’s efforts, but also believes Disney should be able to keep guns off the property if they have a valid exemption.

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Sotomayor said the issue is not his safety at work; it is his safety during his commute.

This has been my point all along.

glock27mark · July 5th, 2008, 12:40 AM

voted.
yes-89%
no- 11%

Ghettokracker71 · July 5th, 2008, 12:45 AM

Voted.

Eagleks · July 5th, 2008, 01:45 AM

What's interesting... they never found a gun in his car, because he never allowed them to search it. He can file suit in court against "unlawful search" .... and never even get into whether he did or didn't have a gun in there.

dukalmighty · July 5th, 2008, 02:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Eagleks

What's interesting... they never found a gun in his car, because he never allowed them to search it. He can file suit in court against "unlawful search" .... and never even get into whether he did or didn't have a gun in there.

I believe that being on company property and being an employee he probably has relinquished his rights that while parking on company property his vehicle is subject to search,by not allowing the search they then suspended him and he was allowed to leave the property

PatrioticRick · July 5th, 2008, 06:24 AM

Yes 4500 90%
No 521 10%

OrlandoDriver · July 5th, 2008, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by dukalmighty

I believe that being on company property and being an employee he probably has relinquished his rights that while parking on company property his vehicle is subject to search,by not allowing the search they then suspended him and he was allowed to leave the property

I understand where your coming from,But what is in question here is the new law that was passed keeps employers from dicriminating from you, if you bring your gun in your car.but being that disney has a federal fireworks license they have somehow slipped through the cracksof exemption.

ccw9mm · July 5th, 2008, 07:25 AM

Demolition companies have explosives. The military have explosives. Constructions firms building dams and roads have explosives.

Disney has fireworks, not explosives.

(Example, for anyone who has a pistol. The fact that one has ever had a "kaboom" on a range doesn't mean that pistols can be called explosives.)

Disney has no excuses, though they'll claim everything. "Family" entertainments with preying felons in the shadows making life rough for people going to and coming from their facilities and parks. If they haven't noticed, the surrounding Orlando area isn't exactly crime-free. And, that little law they're pointing to is state-wide.

FN1910 · July 5th, 2008, 07:39 AM

I hope this fellow either has plenty of money or someone to back him because it is going to take a lot to challenge disney and they are not going to settle given their past positions.

July 4th, 2008, 10:59 PM	#1
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July 5th, 2008, 12:40 AM	#3
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July 5th, 2008, 07:25 AM	#9
ccw9mm VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Oregon USA Posts: 5,437	Demolition companies have explosives. The military have explosives. Constructions firms building dams and roads have explosives. Disney has fireworks, not explosives. (Example, for anyone who has a pistol. The fact that one has ever had a "kaboom" on a range doesn't mean that pistols can be called explosives.) Disney has no excuses, though they'll claim everything. "Family" entertainments with preying felons in the shadows making life rough for people going to and coming from their facilities and parks. If they haven't noticed, the surrounding Orlando area isn't exactly crime-free. And, that little law they're pointing to is state-wide. __________________ Your best weapon is your brain. Don't leave home without it. Reports: CZ P01 pt1, pt2. Thoughts: Justifiable self defense. US v Emerson, 2001: The 2A protects the individual RTKBA, regardless if serving in a militia or military.

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July 5th, 2008, 12:45 AM	#4
Ghettokracker71 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 873	Voted.

July 5th, 2008, 01:45 AM	#5
Eagleks Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Kansas Posts: 401	What's interesting... they never found a gun in his car, because he never allowed them to search it. He can file suit in court against "unlawful search" .... and never even get into whether he did or didn't have a gun in there.

July 5th, 2008, 07:39 AM	#10
FN1910 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: SC Posts: 995	I hope this fellow either has plenty of money or someone to back him because it is going to take a lot to challenge disney and they are not going to settle given their past positions.