[Chemist_Geek]

If the company then prevents anyone from bringing a firearm to work, even to the point of not permitting them on the premises, even in the parking lot, the company can say that it took every reasonable action to prevent the otherwise foreseeable event that someone might go nuts, bring their gun to work, and shoot the place up.

Has "going postal" become otherwise forseeable at all times?

In general, there's no obligation to protect against unreasonable, unforseen threats - an employer in Michigan doesn't have to provide for earthquake protection for its employees while on the job.

[sitetest]

Dear Chemist_Geek,

I think that plaintiffs in a case like this would make the argument that if you freely permit firearms into the workplace, given enough folks in the workplace, it is foreseeable that someone might lose it and "go postal," if for no other reason than - IT HAPPENS.

Whether I personally would accept the argument, heck, whether I could even adequately MAKE the argument (I'm not sure I could), is irrelevant.

I'm sure that, say, John Edwards would do a fine job with the argument, and given 12 dunces, could secure an eight figure verdict.

As a business owner, that's the question I ask - not whether something is right or wrong, but how well I'd be able to defend it in court.


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