Larimer might allow workers to carry guns

[Bob Locke]

Larimer might allow workers to carry guns

A couple of excerpts:

“I guess my question is, what do you gain with an employee who carries a weapon into the workplace?†Geile asked.

A safer workplace. Just like you get a safer society when the citizenry carries weapons in their daily comings and goings.

“I’m looking at it as a violence-prevention policy, not a weapons policy,†said Larimer Commissioner Glenn Gibson of Loveland. “This was something that we felt was a good idea that would address violence in the workplace, so people would know violence would not be tolerated in our workplace and this would be a happy place to work.â€

Score one for common sense! Glad to see that Larimer County has some straight-thinking elected officials.

Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden strongly lobbied for allowing guns. In his four-year tenure, he has issued 2,273 concealed-weapons permits, the second most in the state.

“More guns equal less crime,†Alderden said.

He's taking some heat over a bad decision, but you can tell that he's pretty well on the mark the vast majority of the time.

But Weld commissioners Geile and Dave Long both said they don’t agree with the contention that guns promote safety. Weld County’s workplace safety policy includes safeguards such as reporting misconduct, investigating threats and training managers to keep an eye out for warning signs, they said.

“I’m pro gun rights,†Long said. “But I’m also pro safe workplace and that’s what we try to maintain. You should be able to go to work and be assured that it’s a safe place.â€

I guess these two are laboring under the misconception that telling someone to stop killing them will work...

Time to find folks to run against these two next election.

And there's a HUGE difference between "feeling" safe and actually "being" safe, Commisioner Long.