This is what you said:It is hardly "feel good nonsense". There is a VERY slight possibility that someone could have entered my work building and started opening fire. How often does that happen, and how often in a building of professional white collar workers? Then you balance that out against the possibility of a gun going off by accident or the scenario I described. Management is responsible for protecting their workers while on the job. I believe my management team made the right choice.
Before I retired I worked in an office building that was a gun free zone. I felt much safer than had guns been allowed in the building.
This is feel good nonsense...if a criminal had wanted to go in your building and start shooting it would have been like I said...shooting fish in a barrel.
That sign says nothing to criminal but OPEN SEASON with no one to defend themselves.
That "gun free zone"sign is nothing but a false sense of security...period. Originally Posted by bb1961
I guarantee you without a doubt the majority of workers in this country do not want guns in the workplace. The only data I could find quickly to support that statement regards school teachers:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/poll-o...uns-in-schools
https://www.securitymagazine.com/art...-the-classroom
https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018...-guns-to-carry
https://www.scarymommy.com/arming-te...horrible-idea/
"So, Should Employers Allow Concealed Carry?
Probably not. There are many reasons not to allow employees with concealed carry permits to bring firearms into the workplace, from increased risk of legal liability, to the practical considerations of maintaining insurance coverage, and the question of the whether the effect will be to stop active shooter incidents or simply prolong them. Moreover, the benefit from permitting concealed carry most likely does not outweigh the risks created, when the threat of such an incident may only be theoretical in nature (please see our previous article on how to prevent such incidents from occurring).'
https://www.fisherphillips.com/resou...ncealed-weapon
https://www.hrci.org/community/blogs...-the-workplace