Why Would You Even Ask This Question.

[bgw45]

The company I worked 25 YRS for sent a site wide memo stating no firearms on their property. I sent management a thank you message stating my appreciation for the company accepting responsibility for my safety both to and from my home every workday. Would you believe it, no response.

 

[old lady new shooter]

Google is your friend. Again, ignorance is never an excuse.
https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandto...pages/guns-in-parking-lots-laws-by-state.aspx

Requires membership to access.

 

[Hokie_PhD]

The company I worked 25 YRS for sent a site wide memo stating no firearms on their property. I sent management a thank you message stating my appreciation for the company accepting responsibility for my safety both to and from my home every workday. Would you believe it, no response.

Too bad you and others didn't hire a lawyer and send them a certified letter saying that. I bet you would have received a reply then.

BTW, I'm with you 100% in that if a company isn't going to allow you to exercise your rights they need to take responsibility. I can understand them not wanting guns in the building, and I understand the logic of not wanting an employee to be able to go to their car to get a gun and shoot up the place, but do they really think the policy is actually going to stop someone so sick that they'd shoot up the place?

So to me all they're doing is infringing on your rights once you leave their property and endangering you.

 

[Darkhorse]

A long time ago, I learned an important lesson about carrying weapons:

"What they don't know won't hurt you"

Just keep it quiet and out of sight...

 

[mdauben]

The company I worked 25 YRS for sent a site wide memo stating no firearms on their property. I sent management a thank you message stating my appreciation for the company accepting responsibility for my safety both to and from my home every workday. Would you believe it, no response.

This is why some states are passing laws that make it illegal to try and prevent employees from storing guns in their vehicles on company property.

 

[ATLDave]

I had the same reaction when some of the employees at my firm (where I'm a part owner/partner) asked about a work-from-home policy. In my experience, and certainly for people working for/with me, if you needed to work from home one day, you were treated as an adult and allowed to use your judgment. As long as you didn't make bad judgments and were as responsive as if you were in the office, no problems. But as soon as you ask for a firm-wide policy - well, now there have to be rules and guidelines and procedures. What was once NBD now requires pre-approval, and is rationed. I don't know why these folks needed something on letter-head to feel better... what they got was worse than what they already had. But now it's "official," and that makes them feel good or something.

 

[hdwhit]

Should my vehicle ever be searched and should they ever find a gun in my vehicle I can claim ignorance because the general manager didn't even know for sure what the policy was.

I think you can rest assured that once the question was asked, the general manager will make himself aware of the policy. And as soon as he does that, he will make the rest of the employees know, too, so his prior ignorance will soon no longer be a defense.

 

[hdwhit]

I don't know why these folks needed something on letter-head to feel better.

It's now official. You can't suddenly develop "amnesia" about the policy. Also, writing it down let's everyone know where they stand and what they can do. They don't have to worry that John gets to work from home three days a week while you only let Fred work from home one day a week.

 

[George P]

Search your vehicle? What if the employee said, "No, you're NOT searching my vehicle."?

That can mean immediate termination in certain instances and states

 

[George P]

I think the real reason for this thread is to make people think about the companies they work for , their polices and to check that company policy handbook so as to not loose their job.

As mentioned, here in FL, with a few exceptions, companies cannot stop you from keeping a gun in the car. The exceptions are locations that also fall under Homelamd Security like power plants, cruise ports, etc.

 

[Mousegun]

This attitude of the "disappearing gun owner" is becoming more and more prevalent. (I have to say that I don't fault you at all.) This is a cultural shift. Gun owners are putting themselves underground, for social reasons, but the long-term result is the same as if guns were outlawed, and gun owners went underground for penal reasons. Sad to say, having guns is rapidly becoming as socially unacceptable as smoking. Ever notice that TV shows and movies never show people smoking any more? You'll know that the cultural shift on guns is complete when they no longer have a central role in movies and shows.

I often take the " other " road by telling people I own guns and very carefully explaining how the gun is not the bad guy in the equation. It is a means of bringing to light an issue of social responsibility and constitutional rights that are now up for grabs. If one is removed, then the others are on the chopping block also.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

I used to live in a little place called Seaford, Virginia. Years ago, there was some highway work, which resulted in Seaford Road being slightly re-routed. A short stretch of the road leading to my home bore a sign reading, "Old Seafood Road." It was like that for years, and everybody knew it.

Then some gal of diminished mental capacity moved in, saw it and complained to the highway department. :-(

Some people just don't know when to keep their mouths shut.

 

[Robert]

Well it seems we have wandered pretty far into the weeds.