CCW at a business I own..thoughts from other owners

[Resto Guy]

Any other members who are business owners carry at work? Any problems, complications or advise?
BTW, there are no legal restrictions against it where I live.

 

[Bubbles]

As an FFL it's kinda required...

 

[cyclopsshooter]

As an FFL it's kinda required +1

 

[MICHAEL T]

We carried in both of ours. When we had the Jewelry /gift shop and the restaurant. They were in same shopping area but different stores . Wife always had a P-32 on her and a 2nd pistol hid. I was always armed at the restaurant when I was there.

 

[bearcreek]

I own a tree service and I always at least have a gun in the truck at work. Not real practical to carry it while wearing a climbing harness or dragging brush. I do some construction work as well and I often carry while doing that depending on the work I'm doing.

 

[scallop]

I own a trucking co and warehouse. I carry every day, my brother and other business partner carry as well.

 

[230RN]

I kept one under the counter (a Llama .380) and one in the safe when I had my surplus electronics store, but I didn't routinely carry around the place unless I was working late after closure.

I sometimes had to go outside to the dumpster after dark and I definitely had one on me then. Scariest thng that ever happened there was when a raccoon jumped out of it just as I was trashing some stuff. I jumped a foot. Routine after that was to kick the dumpster a couple of times before depositing the trash.

I'd occasionaly eyeball customers and slip the counter gun in my pocket if they looked "out of place." But the usual clientele was local amateur radio operators, radio/TV station engineers and the like. I'd bring that Llama in back and park it in my desk drawer if I was doing paperwork after I closed up.

The one in the safe was because I figured if they got me that far back in the store, I was really in deep doo-doo.

Cheap life insurance.

I experimented for a very short time with a shotgun near the counter, but that was really awkward and hard to deploy, so I quit that nonsense.

 

[Esoxchaser]

CCW at a business I own..thoughts from other owners

I do, and I heartily recommend all employees do so as well. Life in 'Da "D".

 

[marv]

My biz was a farm equipment and logging supply dealership out in the sticks, 10 miles from anywhere. I carried CC and other guns were kept handy. Fortunately they were never needed.

 

[Fencer]

I don't carry at work as I am often wearing specialized clothing for coaching and fencing. However the club is certainly a CC friendly space, with several members or their parents carrying that I know of. I also have a USP that I keep behind the counter for late night bookkeeping and the like.

 

[Walkalong]

The OP is asking for personal experience, not news articles from the past. Lets stay on topic. No need for posting long news articles.

 

[BSA1]

Any other members who are business owners carry at work? Any problems, complications or advise?

Are you asking about actual on body carry or keeping a concealed weapon in a handy place such as under the counter?

 

[deadguy]

5 of us in the business are licensed to carry. I'd prefer all 9 were.

 

[Al Thompson]

Might want to check your local laws. Here one can CCW on private property with out the permit.

Resto, one issue that I encountered as an employee was balancing accessibility with concealment. I used an ankle holster for quite some time, but switched to pocket carry due to one incident. Had to ditch the jeans and buy new pants to accommodate the switch.

 

[silicosys4]

No. I work on a reservation. No CCW allowed, no accomodations for permitting or licensing for CCW. Its all part of the "sovereign nation" thing. Have had my life threatened too, because of the nature of my job.

 

[jackblack86]

I own a trucking co and warehouse. I carry every day, my brother and other business partner carry as well.

good to know didnt think truckers could carry

 

[newbuckeye]

There are no laws that say truckers cant carry. The only thing that hangs us up is crossing state lines, company rules, and almost every shipper and receiver has no gun signs up.

 

[Esoxchaser]

Truckers hauling Hazmat can't carry.

 

[9mmfan]

I carry at work, though I am the general manager, not the owner. While nothing in the law says I have to have it concealed while on the property, we deal with the public, so I feel concealment is a good idea. Some of our regular customers know that I carry, though. Have even gone shooting or to gun shows with some of them. We are open late at night, so I like the extra peace of mind. Glad to have had it a time or two.

 

[TNboy]

I once worked at the business of a close family friend. There was no company policy on carrying. I asked him about carrying before I actually did it and he told me to carry anytime I wanted but to not be obvious about it. Of course he knew my stance but it was a rather large company and he just assumed that any employees that might be antis not know that 3/4 of the employees were packing. We had a NRA sticker right on the front door!

 

[Double Naught Spy]

Resto Guy, given what you have said, I don't think you should have any problems. However, you haven't provided us enough information for your query. What is the nature of your business and job? If you are working in a steel mill with molten metal and such, carrying may not be a good idea. Maybe you teach ballroom dancing where most of the common methods of concealed carry could result in discovery by clients via contact during dancing, or negatively influence your movements. That would be bad if your clients aren't pro gun or don't love less than gracefull movements.

Are you asking about just for yourself or for your employees as a group?

Our family did, some, back in the day. No problems were caused in our business. I can't imagine that it would cause any sort of problems in most businesses where it is legal.

 

[brnmuenchow]

I do not own my own business but my father was a co-owner of his own business with another family member and he carried all the time to work. I still don't think anyone else other than myself and sibling knew it so he never had any issues. I don't think he started carrying though until one day he had to let an employee go for some issues surrounding his work ethic and some comments he said that made some other employees uncomfortable. My father showed up to work one morning and the employee was sitting in his office in the dark waiting for my father to come in. The employee knew he was in trouble and just wanted to cut to the quick that he was in fact being let go. Now luckily by the grace of God the employee did not do anything violent but the waiting around in someone's office in the dark freaked my dad out, as it would me.... so he started to carry to work after that. He and I both went and got our CHL's just to make it legal.

 

[Birch Knoll]

Truckers hauling Hazmat can't carry.

Citation?

 

[clamman]

Not the owner but I run the place. I used to keep a NAA mini in the cash drawer, but have recently upgraded to a Springfield XD-S which sits on the computer tower under the counter. So far, no need to use it.

 

[razorback2003]

Yes I keep a gun in my office and carry it when I go see customers and make bank deposits. I don't need a permit in Tennessee to keep or carry a firearm at my business but I do when I carry my gun in public.