[FreedomHasACost]

Hey friend cool down.
"Gee by your logic they should pass out guns to all who enter prison, this would stop prison violence in it's place!"

By my logic that would not be true. I am talking about the ordinary population who would want to carry guns to work. The large majority of them do it, like you or I would, for safety and not to cause harm. I think that those who are in jail would be classified with the percentage that you do not want to have guns. And yes it does cut down on crime to have guns present.

As to sticking to other discussions...what makes you think I am not qualified to talk about guns? Do you even own guns? Would you know how to use them if you had to? Yes, I am qualified to talk about this. As an officer I have SEEN the bad effects of guns and the good ones, and I know that there are also many disasters averted because of them which no one ever hears about.

[BOOTSTICK]

I have no problem with folks taking weapons to and from their workplace, as long as they don't violate an employers property rights, when the employer makes clear he wishes no employees to be armed on his premises. I cannot understand why the concept is so difficult for some on this thread to understand. Oh by the way I own 19 firearms, am a lifelong member of the NRA, and a charter member of the Second Amendment foundation.