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buda222 wrote:I will probably not carry inside - unless I get to a point where I don't care about my job.

I will leave it locked up in the car. I was never really worried about leaving it in the car even if they do prohibit it because:

• a.) they will never know anyway unless they searched my car
  b.) I would quit on principle immediately if they ever tried to search my car. The job isn't THAT good and very few jobs are.

Sounds reasonable to me.

Just remember that even though you are doing nothing illegal, you DO risk getting canned if you are found out. But as you correctly surmise, the chances of this are very low.

DO NOT PUT ANY STOCK IN STATEMENTS THAT YOUR CHL CONVEYS ANY SORT OF "AUTHORIZATION" TO CARRY IN THE EYES OF YOUR EMPLOYER.

As far as state law is concerned, yes. But your employer has his own definition of "authorized", and your CHL is definitely not it.

Penn wrote:I probably would not carry, but if you want to follow the letter of the "law" as opposed to the spirit, the policy doesn't state "no weapons" it states no unauthorized weapons. The state authorized the CHL holder to carry concealed. The policy probably means "no weapons that are not authorized by management permitted", but it doesn't say that.

No, but that's what it means. And if you're carrying and are found out, you will surely be canned.

Don't carry if you want or need the job.

You would need permission from someone who was considered to be an "officer" of the company.

But don't worry. It ain't gonna happen. Leave the gun in the car or at home (to be really on the safe side).