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jerryl · 07-06-2008, 05:27 PM

too old and to close to retirement to challenge them

rickett · 07-06-2008, 05:43 PM

Wow! 50/50! Good race.

beakersloco · 07-06-2008, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mvician

Don't ask, don't tell.
If someday you need to use it, better to be alive and able to look for another job.

+1

Like I told my wife when I became interested in guns. I would rather be alive and able to see my kids then for them to have to visit my grave site.

Reno82 · 07-07-2008, 12:29 AM

No carry at work for me... state law. I do park off the property and carry in my car. That's legal... I work for a school district.

dave_in_delaware · 07-07-2008, 08:22 PM

You have to ask yourself what is more important:

1. Protect yourself and carry and risk losing your job because you violated policy...

or

2. don't protect yourself and don't carry and risk losing your life because you followed policy....

Personally, my company prohibits firearms at work. But I work in a pretty "nice" area, so I don't carry at work. I'd have to OC since I don't have my CCDW License. So that would be difficult to hide from the boss. LOL.

crpadiem · 07-10-2008, 02:16 PM

I don't and probably shouldn't as I might use my pistol with a few of the guys I work with(just kidding

). I just don't want to jeapardize my job by carrying as in my field word gets around. If I were to get fired for carrying on the job all other companies around that I would have the possibility of getting hired onto would know.

Wired · 07-10-2008, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rdinatal

I like my job and abide by company policy while on company property (states it's a terminating offense).

BUT

I have also instructed my wife, if I'm killed by another person while on company property, to sue the crap out of them for inadequately protecting me as the policy forbids me the ability to protect myself while on company property.

-R

While she would probably win, what good are you dead.

I carry, and never could find a policy or get a straight answer from the boss. I would rather be looking for a new job than leave my wife.

lobster_roboto · 07-10-2008, 02:45 PM

Well...

you did say "policy" and not "against the law"

In Texas a companies no gun policy:
A.) effects only employees
B.) is not law
C.) but if there is the properly posted signage at the entrance then that would be against the law.

so...

against the law = I don't carry
against policy = carry

In Texas if there is an improperly posted 30.06 sign then I carry.

The law CLEARLY states how the sign must appear and where it must be located at.

View Poll Results: carry at work?
ignore policy and carry anyway	58	53.21%
be a good boy and don't	51	46.79%
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07-06-2008, 05:43 PM	#22
rickett XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 978	Wow! 50/50! Good race. __________________ XD-45 service with Trijicon night sights GP-100 6" stainless .357Mag. Heritage Rough Rider 4 3/4" 22LR/22Mag. Savage 99 EG .300 Savage "At long last I have discovered that most shooters are not interested in firearms as tools, but rather as toys. Such people do not acquire their weapons because of what they will do, but rather to gratify the "Christmas morning joy" that we largely left behind in our childhood." -Jeff Cooper

07-07-2008, 12:29 AM	#24
Reno82 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alaska Posts: 1,355	No carry at work for me... state law. I do park off the property and carry in my car. That's legal... I work for a school district. __________________ XD-45acp Service (Match Gun I changed it to a compact for CCW... did a grip chop on it) Ruger Mark III 22/45 Kimber SS Custom Target II 10mm Walther G22 (FUN GUN) XD-45acp Tactical (Match Gun II; upgraded the bbl from PistolGear) XD-9 Sub-Compact (Home Defense and CCW) DPMS AR-15: 9mm (1/17/08...) RRA CAR A4 Upper 223/5.56---did a lower bulid 6/3/08 and bought completed upper 2/21/08 S&W 642 38 special w/ CT grips (HD& CCW) Upper ALEX ARMS 19.5" 6.5 GRENDEL-order 9/9/08

07-07-2008, 08:22 PM	#25
dave_in_delaware XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 6,191	You have to ask yourself what is more important: 1. Protect yourself and carry and risk losing your job because you violated policy... or 2. don't protect yourself and don't carry and risk losing your life because you followed policy.... Personally, my company prohibits firearms at work. But I work in a pretty "nice" area, so I don't carry at work. I'd have to OC since I don't have my CCDW License. So that would be difficult to hide from the boss. LOL. __________________ Dave Daily carry = XD-9 service in a Blackhawk CQC SERPA holster, a Spyderco Native, and a Streamlight Scorpion. "Everything matters... unless it's antimatter." “A person has the right to keep and bear arms for the defense of self, family, home and State, and for hunting and recreational use.” [Delaware Constitution, Article I, § 20 Right to keep and bear arms]

07-10-2008, 02:16 PM	#26
crpadiem XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,204	I don't and probably shouldn't as I might use my pistol with a few of the guys I work with(just kidding). I just don't want to jeapardize my job by carrying as in my field word gets around. If I were to get fired for carrying on the job all other companies around that I would have the possibility of getting hired onto would know.

07-06-2008, 05:27 PM	#21
jerryl XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: buffalo,new york Posts: 297	too old and to close to retirement to challenge them

07-10-2008, 02:45 PM	#28
lobster_roboto XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,689	Well... you did say "policy" and not "against the law" In Texas a companies no gun policy: A.) effects only employees B.) is not law C.) but if there is the properly posted signage at the entrance then that would be against the law. so... against the law = I don't carry against policy = carry In Texas if there is an improperly posted 30.06 sign then I carry. The law CLEARLY states how the sign must appear and where it must be located at. __________________ "Let's go straight to the source and ban crime"

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