Posted on 04/05/2009 6:38:25 PM PDT by HotLead61
Company I’m at we can have firearms locked in our cars in both the public and private parking lot. We also have company trap shooting events and the occasional sporting gun give away raffle. Last one was a really nice muzzle loader, previous was a sweet trap shotgun.
Also get depredation permits for deer and use a Remington Model 700 .308 with Leopold 3 x 9. Another pest or pests are starlings, black birds and horned larks. My Benelli Nova 12 gauge with trap loads works just fine.
They would probably arrest and fire me if I brought firearms to work. We do have armed guards, security cameras and high wire fences.
Our "unwritten but understood" policy is that no company property is worth physically defending. Also any trespassers/squatters are not to be engaged other than "excuse us, we were just leaving". Our sidearms are only to insure that we can retreat to a safe location where we are to notify the Owner who then must secure their property before we will continue any work.
Absolutely. I work for Big Pharma. We have to have our desk computers password protected for screen saver if we're in a no activity mode for two minutes.
The Office where I work insists that everyone be armed.
I work at home, and it is a very pro-gun workplace. In fact, I encourage the employee to keep her loaded sidearm on her at all times.
We had no policy on guns at our bank but my partner and I had pistols in our desk drawers, his secretary had one in her purse and several other employees had ‘em as well. We also had armed guards at our locations as well (Deputy Sheriffs).
Since I am retired now, I don’t have to worry about it!
I did work at a large factory complex which up until the late '70's allowed you to stop at the security building and lock up your gun for the day.
There were a couple of exceptions at least one of which had testified in state court against a local gang. Always interesting to see him walking down the shop floor.
I get up in the morning and walk out my door and around my house, through the back yard to my gunshop where I carry as a matter of practicality and security. The little grocery store and the feed store in our little town were robbed at gunpoint couple of months ago. Last fall, about 40 miles away, an old couple with a gunshop at their house were robbed and murdered.
I’m a little guy, with a bad back, and my wife would be even less capable at defending herself by hand in the case of an attack. It is not paranoid to arm yourself to defend against an attack at any business, as evidenced by the many cases of armed violence at workplaces in America and other countries.
Any employer who does not protect their employees and denies them the ability to defend themselves should be taken to the cleaners in a civil court. We need to start attacking these idiots in the courts, just like the lefties have attacked good businesses for decades.
I keep a loaded 40 cal in my desk drawer at work. It stays there when I leave.
Depending upon what caliber of handgun you choose I would suggest either a shoulder holster or in a belt holster to the rear of one side or the other. A shoulder holster should work well for men and women alike and I would advise you to have your jackets tailored to help hide the fact that you are armed.
Of course when you are sitting at your desk your weapon would be ‘at hand’ on your desk or at most in an open top drawer.
The company I work for has the stated policy of ‘no weapons of any kind permitted’ in the employee handbook. They require employees to sign off that they have read and agree to abide by the rules. I pointed out to the HR rep when I signed that I could make almost anything on her desk a weapon so what were the exceptions? She looked at me with a very puzzled expression. I really don’t think she ever understood my point.
I wonder where I would carry it. :)
Look up "Smart Carry" or "Thunderwear" holsters.
I guarantee you can carry concealed...
I am a Realtor in Grand Rapids MI
Lock & Load!!
Learn a martial art and you’re never without a weapon.
A great deal of the pressure on employers to be “gun free zones” comes from insurance companies.
“A great deal of the pressure on employers to be “gun free zones” comes from insurance companies.”
And this would change following a few lawsuits where people are killed or injured because they were not allowed self defense.
Friend of mine once told me (and he was serious) that all of this argument about carrying or not carrying was nonsense. He said all you need is a hand grenade. When you pull it out and pull the pin, no one wants to shoot you and everyone scatters. I’m not making that up.
I agree completely.
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