[Mom MD]

Unless you have a workplace like mine that is a victim zone. No weapons on premises and they will throw you off staff if you violate policy. Once a doc is thrown off staff at one hospital it is virtually impossible to ever get privileges at another hospital. So we are a victim only zone......and all the potential bad guys know it.

Unfortunately for a lot of us, there are multiple other places people work that have the same policies, including schools and government buildings. All you can do is tell your next of kin to sue the place of employment if something happens to you because of that policy. If I owned a business I would encourage employees to carry.

[Lazamataz]

I am also working in a disarmament zone. While there are armed guards, there is still the chance that a rogue worker can bring his or her own weapon in order to commit atrocities, and I cannot respond in kind to take them out, since I will be unarmed. We workers can hope for a response from the guards, but that takes time, courage on the part of the respondants, and a little luck.

I am left with few good options. But hey, I'm fatalistic: If God wants me that bad, He can have me!