[aragorn]

I once turned down a job - one which would have meant a salary increase - just because of this issue.

Sign at the entrance to the parking lot: "No Guns Allowed on Company Property". Hmmm...

So, after my interview, while the HR director was all ready to have me sign on the dotted line, I asked about the sign, and the policy, specifically citing the fact that I lived 35 miles away, that I had a CCW, and that I preferred to be armed while commuting. The issue of my safety to and from work, and whose responsibility it was should I not be allowed to protect myself came up.

The HR director, and ex-Army MP, got his back up right away that I would have the nerve to question this policy, and insisted that it was for the safety of all employees. I pointed out that I was not asking to carry while on the job, only to keep my weapon in my truck while on company property without violating company policy.

After discussing this for a bit, I stood up, told him that I could not accept employment under those conditions, and left. He was incredulous, as were several of my friends.

[marktwain]

"I once turned down a job - one which would have meant a salary increase - just because of this issue.

Sign at the entrance to the parking lot: "No Guns Allowed on Company Property". Hmmm...

So, after my interview, while the HR director was all ready to have me sign on the dotted line, I asked about the sign, and the policy, specifically citing the fact that I lived 35 miles away, that I had a CCW, and that I preferred to be armed while commuting. The issue of my safety to and from work, and whose responsibility it was should I not be allowed to protect myself came up.

The HR director, and ex-Army MP, got his back up right away that I would have the nerve to question this policy, and insisted that it was for the safety of all employees. I pointed out that I was not asking to carry while on the job, only to keep my weapon in my truck while on company property without violating company policy.

After discussing this for a bit, I stood up, told him that I could not accept employment under those conditions, and left. He was incredulous, as were several of my friends."

Your actions are to be commended. Thank God for patriots and freedom fighters such as you. That is why we are winning. I have stood up for the right to be armed many times. I was once demoted because of it, and it took several years to get promoted back to where I had been. I lost tens of thousands of dollars, but I won a significant victory. It was worth it.