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Keith B wrote:I know of one case at my company several years ago where an individual had purchased a new handgun at lunch. He came back and was showing someone the gun in the parking lot. It was unloaded and taken out of the box in the trunk of his car. Someone saw the gun and reported him. Company policy is no guns on property and we sign an agreement that includes the policy.

He was fired and consulted two different lawyers. They both stated that he had entered into a binding contract with the signing of the agreement and would not have a leg to stand on in court. He was able to plea bargain it into a voluntary resignation.

Firing over a violation of company policy is a no brainer. I don't think anyone will argue that in order to fire you over it, they would have had to give you proper 30.06 notice.

However, legal action for criminal trespass can only be be successfully prosecuted if you had been given proper notification (either verbal notification of any kind, or written notification with the proper wording). You can always be arrested for it... but you'll beat it if notice wasn't given.

In my case, I was never given verbal notification. The written company policy is not proper 30.06. I don't carry because I like my job and don't want to lose it. If I did carry at work, I would expect to be fired if caught, but not arrested.

Liberty wrote: The truth is I don't believe anyone has successfully sued because they were forced to be unarmed.

I don't think anyone has ever lost a suit like that either. To my knowledge it has never been tested in court.

I *WILL* be the test case if I am ever a victime of violence while disarmed by my employer's policy.

RPBrown wrote:As with a lot of companies, insurance requires them to have it in the manuel.

THIS is something that I have a serious problem with. I hate the fact that companies think that a policy about weapons makes them less liable if something happens.

In my opinion, the company becomes MORE liable if they disarm a legally armed citizen. By disarming me and removing my ability to protect myself, they have taken on complete responsibility for my safety.

If I am at work and am not carrying because of the company policy and something happens and I am injured in a situation where I would have been able to defend myself... you can bet yer booties that I will be suing them for failing to protect me after they denied me my legal right to protect myself.

My company policy also prohibits weapons stored in cars - preventing me from carrying during my commute. If I were to obey this foolish requirement and have an incident occur during my commute - I would be suing them for denying me my right to defend myself during my commute.

If this happened a few times, employers would realize that banning all guns is not some miracle cure for lawsuits... and they might stop making these ridiculous policies.