Bringing firearm to work consequences

[TedKennedy]

A. - if you get caught with gun, you lose your job

B. - if you get caught in a situation without your gun, you may lose your life

C. - employers are terrified of lawsuits and usually won't even disclose that an employee was fired, much less give details about cause

 

[Snattlerake]

I always thought there was a question on your application for employment, "May we contact your former employer?" they had to abide by.

Who would know if they did and your former blackballed you?

 

[TedKennedy]

I always thought there was a question on your application for employment, "May we contact your former employer?" they had to abide by.

Who would know if they did and your former blackballed you?

Dude - things have changed so much in the last couple decades.

Usually a potential employer will contact former employer and get:

"Yes, John Doe was employed here from 11/15/2001 until 10/07/2013."

And that's it. Former employers can be sued for harming employee by sharing info. And employers are 100% cowards when it comes to lawsuits.

 

[Pstmstr]

I used to work in a very non permissive environment. You take a chance on getting fired and in some cases, prosecuted. You weigh the odds and you make a decision. If you’re fired for carrying a gun you can bet any future references given by that employer will include the reasons why.

On a couple of occasions when I knew I was going to be issuing discipline to a problem employee I might have taken the proper precautions. There are several deep concealment methods for anyone deciding to carry where getting caught has serious consequences. Check out Primary and Secondary on YouTube for some interesting discussions about deep concealed carry.

 

[kwaynem]

When the company I work for shut down and the new company took over they took the no gun sighns down and said we just don’t want to see it when the old company was still here a few of us still carried anyways bosses knew and nothing was ever said I would conceal it and have peace of mind just my 2 cents

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

About the most intrusive question a potential employer will ask a former employer is something along the lines of, "Is this person eligible for re-employment with your company?"

This thread reminds me...

I LOVE BEING RETIRED!

 

[Gadsden]

About the most intrusive question a potential employer will ask a former employer is something along the lines of, "Is this person eligible for re-employment with your company?"

This thread reminds me...

**I LOVE BEING RETIRED!**

Ditto!

I also find myself glad that I'm old. Sad as it is I would not want to be young growing up in this world.

 

[BillPenn]

Contacting a previous employer is a waste of time. We don't bother anymore.

We will run a background check. If you have assault or weapons charges it will be a hard pass.

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

Ditto!

I also find myself glad that I'm old. Sad as it is I would not want to be young growing up in this world.

I'm only 61 and I've been retired for a little over 3 years. I've never been bored and never wanted for anything to do. Hell...remodeling this house has got me to thinking I need to go back to work so I can get some time off.

Aside from some back issues from the Desert Storm days I'm fairly healthy and feel very young at heart. I know some guys just wanna work till they die and always have to be doing something. I'm not one of them.

The only thing I miss about work is the paychecks. Retirement don't pay worth a damn. But the benefits can't be beat.

And I don't have to worry about things like the topic of this thread...

 

[Aries]

In the CC class I took probably 10 years or so ago, the instructors said it was illegal to fire you carrying so long as you were doing so legally, so state law prohibited firing a licensed person for carrying a concealed weapon. (I never verified that, but that's what they said)

But they also pointed out that Oklahoma is an "at will" state, so you can be fired "for any reason, or no reason at all".

So the irony they pointed out was that you couldn't be fired for legally carrying a concealed weapon, but you could be fired for insubordination for disobeying the policy against legally carrying a concealed weapon.

The SDA has changed at least twice since then... Again, I don't know if it was true even then, but that's what they said. It was interesting enough to remember.