Comments on: Why Guns at Work Are a Bad Idea http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2008/04/18/guns_at_work/ All about the issues that arise when workforce issues converge with business management. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:00:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.3-2.2.1 By: mbrooks http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2008/04/18/guns_at_work/#comment-17413 mbrooks Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:21:29 +0000 http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2008/04/18/guns_at_work/#comment-17413 Yet one more example that what was once considered "common" sense is perhaps not so common after all... The obligation for Businesses to protect its employees safety must trump the rights of individuals to own and carry a concealed weapon. We must rule on the side of caution. The only possible case for allowing employees to conceal a weapon in their car at work is to allow for a more even playing field in the event of some type of shooting rampage (i.e. Virginia Tech). Companies must decide on an individual basis how to best protect its employees in the rare event some type of violent event occurs at the workplace. This may include hiring a security guard to carry a weapon, restricting building entry, conducting background checks on its employees. However, allowing every employee to have their own weapon can't be the best solution. Yet one more example that what was once considered “common” sense is perhaps not so common after all…

The obligation for Businesses to protect its employees safety must trump the rights of individuals to own and carry a concealed weapon. We must rule on the side of caution.

The only possible case for allowing employees to conceal a weapon in their car at work is to allow for a more even playing field in the event of some type of shooting rampage (i.e. Virginia Tech). Companies must decide on an individual basis how to best protect its employees in the rare event some type of violent event occurs at the workplace. This may include hiring a security guard to carry a weapon, restricting building entry, conducting background checks on its employees.

However, allowing every employee to have their own weapon can’t be the best solution.

]]> By: Warlock http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2008/04/18/guns_at_work/#comment-16829 Warlock Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:23:16 +0000 http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2008/04/18/guns_at_work/#comment-16829 On one side of the issue is a valid distinction on what businesses can restrict on their private property. On the other side is a constitutional right. Looking at the facts... registered concealed carry are the lowest crime segment of society. People will carry firearms in their vehicles regardless of company policy. This article doesn't present any facts, just a knee jerk reaction based on a simplistic hypothesis that firearms turn people into raving lunatics. The question is how to handle this. Employees are insulted by the caricature of this and other articles. Yet there is a valid question regarding private property rights. How do you craft company policy to deal with these legal requirements but still preserve company rights? On one side of the issue is a valid distinction on what businesses can restrict on their private property.
On the other side is a constitutional right.
Looking at the facts… registered concealed carry are the lowest crime segment of society. People will carry firearms in their vehicles regardless of company policy.
This article doesn’t present any facts, just a knee jerk reaction based on a simplistic hypothesis that firearms turn people into raving lunatics.
The question is how to handle this. Employees are insulted by the caricature of this and other articles. Yet there is a valid question regarding private property rights. How do you craft company policy to deal with these legal requirements but still preserve company rights?

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