I'm a Kentucky state resident. I'm also, rather recently, a gun onwer (I even have one of those scary 13-round magazines that supposedly transforms a normal handgun into an Godless assault weapon/insturment of murder).
I have a CCDW permit, and I've taken to carrying anywhere I can (in part just to get a feel for how the gun physically rests against my body).
My employer does not allow firearms on the premises. I work for an organization that has multiple buildings, and each one has at least one "deadly weapons prohibited" sign. The offical policy is that deadly weapons are not allowed by anyone when on any property owned or controlled by the organization. I can and will abide this policy, as it understandably makes for a safer environment, and obviously the reports that I see about armed robberies occuring on the premises must be hoaxes, as surely no criminal would want to carry a deadly weapon on the premises and violate policy.
However, the employer also states that storage of 'deadly weapons' in a motor vehicle is also forbidden.
I am reasonably certain that Kentucky state law prohibits employers from making that kind of a policy, based upon section 17 of KRS 237.110, which states (in part):
Now, I don't work for the Justice Cabinet, so that one exception will never apply. However, the following sentence then states:
Now, I'm no legal expert, but it would seem to me that the above section would indicate that while carrying a firearm into a workplace is not a crime, neither is it a crime for an employer to "discipline" an employee who carries a firearm into the workplace, unless the employee has stored the firearm in his or her vehicle, as the state law specifically states that an employer cannot prohibit such storage ("may not prohibit").
Am I reading this correctly, or should I have a lawyer go over this before I decide what is safe (for my job security).
I have a CCDW permit, and I've taken to carrying anywhere I can (in part just to get a feel for how the gun physically rests against my body).
My employer does not allow firearms on the premises. I work for an organization that has multiple buildings, and each one has at least one "deadly weapons prohibited" sign. The offical policy is that deadly weapons are not allowed by anyone when on any property owned or controlled by the organization. I can and will abide this policy, as it understandably makes for a safer environment, and obviously the reports that I see about armed robberies occuring on the premises must be hoaxes, as surely no criminal would want to carry a deadly weapon on the premises and violate policy.
However, the employer also states that storage of 'deadly weapons' in a motor vehicle is also forbidden.
I am reasonably certain that Kentucky state law prohibits employers from making that kind of a policy, based upon section 17 of KRS 237.110, which states (in part):
Now, I don't work for the Justice Cabinet, so that one exception will never apply. However, the following sentence then states:
Now, I'm no legal expert, but it would seem to me that the above section would indicate that while carrying a firearm into a workplace is not a crime, neither is it a crime for an employer to "discipline" an employee who carries a firearm into the workplace, unless the employee has stored the firearm in his or her vehicle, as the state law specifically states that an employer cannot prohibit such storage ("may not prohibit").
Am I reading this correctly, or should I have a lawyer go over this before I decide what is safe (for my job security).
