Comments on: Do Workplace Gun Bans Help or Hinder Workplace Violence Prevention? http://www.employmentblawg.com/2005/is-workplace-violence-prevention-helped-or-hindered-by-workplace-gun-bans/ Workplace News & Views, Edited by St. Louis Labor & Employment Lawyer George Lenard Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:49:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tim http://www.employmentblawg.com/2005/is-workplace-violence-prevention-helped-or-hindered-by-workplace-gun-bans/comment-page-1/#comment-42433 Tim Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:52:14 +0000 http://www.employmentblawg.com/?p=61#comment-42433 I am a volinteer fire fighter and Newly appointed President of the BOD for the department. I am writing this to get peoples opinions. We are dealing with this question in the department now. I have spoken with many gun owners, some with ccp and some without. They all seem to be ok with not bringing there guns in the work place. That being said . I have gotten feedback from one person who says we would be violating every ones civil rights. do i not have an obligation to provide a safe work environment? If one person feels unsafe about people having guns in the building, am i providing a safe work place for that person? Can the department be heald liable if something bad happens? Would it not look better in court if the department had a policy in place that kept guns out of the work place? Keep in mind that i am all for guns and being able to carry them but would it hurt just to keep them in the car. Please give me your advice. Thanks Truly on the fence with this one Tim I am a volinteer fire fighter and Newly appointed President of the BOD for the department. I am writing this to get peoples opinions. We are dealing with this question in the department now. I have spoken with many gun owners, some with ccp and some without. They all seem to be ok with not bringing there guns in the work place. That being said . I have gotten feedback from one person who says we would be violating every ones civil rights. do i not have an obligation to provide a safe work environment? If one person feels unsafe about people having guns in the building, am i providing a safe work place for that person?
Can the department be heald liable if something bad happens? Would it not look better in court if the department had a policy in place that kept guns out of the work place? Keep in mind that i am all for guns and being able to carry them but would it hurt just to keep them in the car. Please give me your advice.

Thanks
Truly on the fence with this one
Tim

]]> By: Phil http://www.employmentblawg.com/2005/is-workplace-violence-prevention-helped-or-hindered-by-workplace-gun-bans/comment-page-1/#comment-38964 Phil Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:46:50 +0000 http://www.employmentblawg.com/?p=61#comment-38964 While it might be fair to prohibit guns in the building. But saying I can't keep one in my car, keeps me from having a way to defend myself when I drive to or from work. So I am assuming the employer is assuming responsibility for any crime that happen on my commute, since I have no way to defend myself. While it might be fair to prohibit guns in the building. But saying I can’t keep one in my car, keeps me from having a way to defend myself when I drive to or from work. So I am assuming the employer is assuming responsibility for any crime that happen on my commute, since I have no way to defend myself.

]]> By: gun control http://www.employmentblawg.com/2005/is-workplace-violence-prevention-helped-or-hindered-by-workplace-gun-bans/comment-page-1/#comment-5782 gun control Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:56:57 +0000 http://www.employmentblawg.com/?p=61#comment-5782 Unenforceable. Sorry for beating the horse, but it's just like most bans on guns. All you do is remove them from the good people. Anti-socials don't care, and are simply not detoured my the rules. Unenforceable. Sorry for beating the horse, but it’s just like most bans on guns. All you do is remove them from the good people. Anti-socials don’t care, and are simply not detoured my the rules.

]]> By: George’s Employment Blawg » New Development on Employee Guns in Company Parking Lots http://www.employmentblawg.com/2005/is-workplace-violence-prevention-helped-or-hindered-by-workplace-gun-bans/comment-page-1/#comment-266 George’s Employment Blawg » New Development on Employee Guns in Company Parking Lots Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:41:46 +0000 http://www.employmentblawg.com/?p=61#comment-266 [...] Do Workplace Gun Bans Help or Hinder Workplace Violence Prevention? [...] [...] Do Workplace Gun Bans Help or Hinder Workplace Violence Prevention? [...]

]]> By: John Hoskins http://www.employmentblawg.com/2005/is-workplace-violence-prevention-helped-or-hindered-by-workplace-gun-bans/comment-page-1/#comment-125 John Hoskins Fri, 03 Feb 2006 02:21:06 +0000 http://www.employmentblawg.com/?p=61#comment-125 I live in Missouri, but work in Kansas. I cannot carry my gun there legally, so I leave it at home. If Kansas allows concealed carry in the future and my employer does not allow it in the parking lot I am defenseless on my way home. I work nights and get off of work between 2 am and 5 am. I drive through several bad neghborhoods on my way home, often stopping for gas. Also, there is road construction going on here and people have moved detour signs that lead down alleys and dead end streets in a very bad part of town. I live in Missouri, but work in Kansas. I cannot carry my gun there legally, so I leave it at home. If Kansas allows concealed carry in the future and my employer does not allow it in the parking lot I am defenseless on my way home. I work nights and get off of work between 2 am and 5 am. I drive through several bad neghborhoods on my way home, often stopping for gas. Also, there is road construction going on here and people have moved detour signs that lead down alleys and dead end streets in a very bad part of town.

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