Is your work area too dangerous for you to have a gun on you?

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Well, lets face it. Some work areas are just too dangerous for that and/or it is just too inconvenient.
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with responsible firearms handling, I cannot think of a single normal work situation where that would apply (MRI internet fairy tales notwithstanding).
Okay, armoredman's situation is not a "normal work situation". God Bless him and those like him.
 
hey THATGUYHANK!!!!!!! I live in chinook montana. We have a small store in town that has never been robbed and will let you carry. I lease farm ground from the owners mother and could get you a job. cost of living would be much lower and no one points a gun at you unless you have it coming!
 
My work "area" changes from day to day, week to week, so it can really depend. One week I might be on a military base installing pallet rack, the next in a food plant setting up conveyor, and the next hanging a bridge crane at an implement dealer out in the country, and sometimes doing who knows what in a foreign country. The life of a subcontractor, I tell ya...

Granted in most of these places firearms are not allowed, my boss allows us to carry while traveling in company vehicles in states our permits are valid for and property that is permitted.
 
I'm sure some jobs are too dangerous NOT to carry.

My neighbor works as EOD in the Corps, he's brought home some amazing stories
 
Don't forget occupations where you might fall and land on your holster. A buddy did some time in a wheel chair after falling off the back of a 4 wheeler and landing on his pistol damaging his siatic nerve.
 
I work in a hospital, so of course we cant carry. Too many imbalanced, under / over -medicated people, and hypocratic oathe gets in the way too.
 
Much the same situation as Doc2rn, except I'm in an ambulance, but some areas my company covers I wouldn't want to go unarmed
 
I work in a fairly secure commercial building as the maintenance engineer and one minute I might be on a ladder changing a lighting ballast or the next lying on the floor repairing a plumbing leak,or the next bending over picking something up.
So I rarely enter here armed.
I could mind you but as before rarely do.
 
I work as a carpenter when home and while carrying is accepted its not very practical in most situations. When I travel for work I survey in very remote places a lot of the times and always have my ccw on me and a rifle or two in the truck. I've also worked in urban settings where you would not catch me with out my ccw while doing either job. I spent 18 months working in northern Nevada in the least populated area of the continental us. No need to carry concealed but rifles for coyotes and jack rabbits were a must have. Also worked on a military base building base housing and any weapon was a big no no. Recently received a job offer to work in Canada for a year or two. Probably going to turn it down due to their gun laws.
 
with responsible firearms handling, I cannot think of a single normal work situation where that would apply (MRI internet fairy tales notwithstanding).
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Electrical work around high voltage or with large arc flash current potential. You generally want to avoid having metal, much less a loaded gun, on your person for both.

I know of one where a 1911 .45 was sucked into the bore of an MRI and discharged.

http://www.ajronline.org/content/178/5/1092.full
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That's what happens when you mix old technology with new. Ha, i know, it hurts, 1911 lovers.
 
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hey THATGUYHANK!!!!!!! I live in chinook montana. We have a small store in town that has never been robbed and will let you carry. I lease farm ground from the owners mother and could get you a job. cost of living would be much lower and no one points a gun at you unless you have it coming!
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Well that's mighty kind of you and, moving to Montana from NJ sounds wonderful to me however, I do not possess the funds to make such a trip. And leaving my ridiculously large Italian family behind won't go over well. For now I am stuck in NJ. At the very least I can hope that Senate Bill 2264 gets some support and passes, it makes us a shall-issue state and repeals a good deal of our own AWB (including the magazine capacity limit!:D).

Also talked to my friend about this and he works at a Best Buy and said they have a strict no weapons policy but saw a manager sit down and his pants hiked and he saw some sort of revolver in an ankle holster. While I'd like to think that his manager is a former police officer and has a permit to carry the firearm, I also don't find him to be the police officer "type". Oh well, maybe if the store gets attacked and he saves some lives the state will wake up. Wish it didn't have to be that way.:(
 
with responsible firearms handling, I cannot think of a single normal work situation where that would apply
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So far I have seen 3 VERY good ones that you obviously did not read. Welding, Auto Mechanical work, Electrical. I grew up around all 3 and have done all 3 of those jobs and I can tell you 100% that typical carry is not only uncomfortable but for 2 of them, downright dangerous. You get to rolling around under a car or have to become a contortionist to work under a dash of a Hyundai then maybe you may rethink carrying while working on a car. It's not all easy under the hood work. Get hot slag hitting your firearm and possibly setting off a few rounds and you will most definitely reconsider carrying while welding. ESPECIALLY overhead. I think electrical speaks plainly for itself. Especially when working around high KV lines and such.
 
I work for a rep / distro for pumps, boilers, chillers and controls. I go from desk to shop to in field work. From working my brain to slinging wrenches. I can carry 24/7 within my company. Many of us have had our new pistol on or desk to a new long gun in the corner to a pistol in the drawer or on our person. We like show and tell. :)

I won't carry on military base's, public schools or so called places of law called court house's. And I refuse to work in some of those places. I bend a bit,,, but I won't break! I've never met a dollar bill that will over all break me.

Just today I was on a college campus and had my PF-9 with me. And it was a friggen joke I had to be there. The best college minds,,,, yes engineers, PE's and others were there and could not figure out a pump was air locked. What a joke. But I had my SD with me on a private campus full of over educated idiots and there masters.

Carry what you can, shoot it a lot and don't push the feds or the heavy staties. And if the company you work for has a problem with you protecting yourself. Blow them off unless your a dollar whore and not worth the money your paid.
 
Heavy steel fabrication as a fitter welder.

A gun would become highly susceptible to damage that could prevent its operation or worse from everything including weld spatter, blast shot, metal dust and shavings ect. After 15 years my body is covered with scars from weld spatter Burns. Add to that the occasional shock, fall, clothing fire and impact from overhead Crane loads and ....um NO THANK YOU

The very physical near acrobatic nature of my work also rules out any serious notion of cc'ing even if it were allowed.

At work in the shop I'm not worried at all. There's literally tons of bullet proof cover and just about every tool in the shop could double as a very formidable hand to hand weapon.

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with responsible firearms handling, I cannot think of a single normal work situation where that would apply (MRI internet fairy tales notwithstanding).
Okay, armoredman's situation is not a "normal work situation". God Bless him and those like him.
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And here is a man who makes a living from some sort of seat or chair.

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I work in a brewery with an open door policy. Anyone can wander at any point in and mostly they are there to say hi, only a few have been there for any other reason that to shoot the breeze and grab a glass of beer.
Still my pistol ends up in my locker and my cheap spring assisted folding knife goes with me during the day. I regularly end up soaked in brewing chemicals, acidic and basic, and that would destroy any finish/ barrel on any gun really quick. Not to mention the constant bending, stretching, and lifting that would make carrying very uncomfortable.
Also the constant "quality control testing" that goes on would make me nervous. A LEO or inspector could come in at any point in time and having a gun tucked into the back of my pants, while tasting a new batch, just doesn't seem like a good idea. It isn't a question of self control it just seems unwise for a loaded handgun to be around when alcoholic beverages are being consumed.

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I work with (sometimes violent) mentally ill patients and at times have to come into physical contact with them. That could present a situation in which a CCW could be removed or made not-so-concealed. Bad juju.

Oh yeah, and there's a sign on the front door which says no guns.
 
I was a journeyman toolmaker at a Flint, MI GM plant that was located in one of the crummier areas of town. Oh yeah, I would have carried at work if I could have...
 
Most of the chemical plants, refineries, gas processing etc plants that I have been in and many of the places with flamables have strictly enforced rules agianst "sources of ignition" which includes firearms. I wouldn't try to carry into an ammunition plant.
 
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