“same. Employers are as8holes”
No, employers are not all ‘as8holes’. Insurance companies and lawyers force employers to fire employees in cases like this.
I’d rather be fired than dead.
I agree with you, except I don’t know that the employers need to go to the point of firing an employee to maintain their protection from lawsuits.
It seems to me if they have an appropriate (for their business) policy on firearms — one that provides them legal protection from being held liable for the acts of the employee — and they take reasonable steps to impose and enforce the policy (routine reminders, etc.), I don’t see why they couldn’t reprimand the employee for violating company policy and leave it at that. This is especially true where no criminal charges will be filed against the employee — IOW, where it was determined that the Eee used the firearm in a legally justified way.
What type of claim could be successful against the Eer then?
Employers could take the right path, it’s not impossible. It just costs more.
Therefore it’s not done.