RetiredUSNChief
Member
I think people are forgetting a few things here...or possibly outright ignoring them:
The bottom line is that PRIVATE businesses can make and enforce their own policies as they see fit, within the boundaries established by the applicable statutes they are operating in.
This is very similar to YOU being able to tell anybody you choose that they may NOT bring a firearm on your property or in your home. It's YOUR property and YOUR home and therefore YOUR rules which must be followed as a property owning private citizen.
If you owned a business, you are empowered to enact whatever policies you wish, also within the boundaries established by the applicable statutes. If you wish to allow firearms, then you may. If not, then that is also the rule because it's YOUR private business.
Anybody you hire is duty and honor bound to agree to your terms of employment if they wish to work for you. To willfully disregard those agreed upon terms of employment afterwards says something about their character.
If people don't like working where firearms are prohibited by company policy, they can either work somewhere else, address the issue through proper channels and maybe affect a change in company policy, or bring their weapon in violation of company policy and maybe local statues, which may mean loss of employment AND, if pursued as a violation of the law, loss of their right to carry their weapon and maybe a criminal conviction which would preclude their future right to own firearms at all.
I understand the sentiment of people who say such things as "Better to be alive and fired than dead and hired." However, what good does this do you if you end up with a criminal conviction which REMOVES your right to own a firearm? This does not bode well for your future ability to own and carry a firearm and will severely limit your options on self defense.
As such, I wish people here would properly phrase their answers within the context of their own applicable laws. Simply saying something to the effect of "screw my boss, I'm going to carry anyway" is NOT the right answer and MAY be advocating an illegal act, depending on the jurisdiction they are in. It is most definately NOT "the high road", as someone pointed out. Make it clear where it's a matter of POLICY that you're working against as opposed to a matter of LAW.
I'm sure there will be a few who will post something like "Well, if I had my own business I'd allow people to carry, so there!" Please note that I've already recognized that as your right in this very post.
People DO bring up some very important questions and issues with regards to this topic, however. Being able to defend oneself IS important and places which preclude firearms must be factored into that. This includes balancing employment in along with that. It also includes concerns about being able to legally carry to and from work, if one is not able to actually carry on their person while at work. And we all make decisions about where we will go and what places will get our money based upon such things as whether or not we are allowed to carry our concealed weapon.
The bottom line is that PRIVATE businesses can make and enforce their own policies as they see fit, within the boundaries established by the applicable statutes they are operating in.
This is very similar to YOU being able to tell anybody you choose that they may NOT bring a firearm on your property or in your home. It's YOUR property and YOUR home and therefore YOUR rules which must be followed as a property owning private citizen.
If you owned a business, you are empowered to enact whatever policies you wish, also within the boundaries established by the applicable statutes. If you wish to allow firearms, then you may. If not, then that is also the rule because it's YOUR private business.
Anybody you hire is duty and honor bound to agree to your terms of employment if they wish to work for you. To willfully disregard those agreed upon terms of employment afterwards says something about their character.
If people don't like working where firearms are prohibited by company policy, they can either work somewhere else, address the issue through proper channels and maybe affect a change in company policy, or bring their weapon in violation of company policy and maybe local statues, which may mean loss of employment AND, if pursued as a violation of the law, loss of their right to carry their weapon and maybe a criminal conviction which would preclude their future right to own firearms at all.
I understand the sentiment of people who say such things as "Better to be alive and fired than dead and hired." However, what good does this do you if you end up with a criminal conviction which REMOVES your right to own a firearm? This does not bode well for your future ability to own and carry a firearm and will severely limit your options on self defense.
As such, I wish people here would properly phrase their answers within the context of their own applicable laws. Simply saying something to the effect of "screw my boss, I'm going to carry anyway" is NOT the right answer and MAY be advocating an illegal act, depending on the jurisdiction they are in. It is most definately NOT "the high road", as someone pointed out. Make it clear where it's a matter of POLICY that you're working against as opposed to a matter of LAW.
I'm sure there will be a few who will post something like "Well, if I had my own business I'd allow people to carry, so there!" Please note that I've already recognized that as your right in this very post.
People DO bring up some very important questions and issues with regards to this topic, however. Being able to defend oneself IS important and places which preclude firearms must be factored into that. This includes balancing employment in along with that. It also includes concerns about being able to legally carry to and from work, if one is not able to actually carry on their person while at work. And we all make decisions about where we will go and what places will get our money based upon such things as whether or not we are allowed to carry our concealed weapon.