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Well I did talk to the attorney this morning. For some reason he never called me last week. Something tells me I should check with another attorney - but this guy didn't seem to far off base from how I feel about the issue overall. Here is the advice he gave me:
1. Get a CCW - he said it would ensure my right to carry in a legal fashion O/C and CC regardless of my location in the state, and it is only about $120.
2. If I am going to an end of town at any time of day where I feel the need to carry a gun as a means of self-protection - don't tell my boss - EVER!! I am not obligated to do so. He also said if my work was to persue this matter and keep asking about it, to dodge them, not necessarily lie, but don't offer to answer any questions about it, even if it is written company policy - I am not legally obligated to do so. He said it would most concretely yeild the best results, because they would likely forget about it with there attention to work load factors and I could keep doing what I am going to do. Everyone wins. He reminded me several times that I am not obligated to offer them any honest information about the possessions on my person or in my vehicle unless under sworn deposition. This seemed a little strange. I think he what he was trying to say, is that it is not legal, but not illegal for them to make a policy on this.
3. He said that if by some chance they do find out I am carrying a firearm in MY, and he emphasized MY vehicle, my employer would have to go to some pretty elaborate lengths to uncover this information without me offering it to them - which could be extremely illegal, regardless if my vehicle is on there property. He also reminded me, that regardless of any written company policy, I do not have to consent to any type of search - be that on my person, or my vehicle - regardless if it is on their property, at any time, it is a strict violation of my rights.
4. If they fire me for carrying, possessing, owning a firearm, there are in violation of several statutes of the ORC in which he proceded to name. This also could land a battery of lawsuits against them.
What he explained to me is - most employers will never interfere with an individuals right to carry when the employee does a lot of traveling for the business and its clients, and is also licensed to carry in a legal way. He says he knows for a fact that a many Pizza delivery drivers he knows carry, so why can't I? He told me he has never heard of such a lawsuit like the terms this situation could impend, although he admitted he could be very wrong. He said the best thing for me might just be a don't ask/don't tell policy. He even repremanded me if you will - for joking about it with my boss. Which he was 100% correct. You never know someones feeling about guns until you either offended them, or you know the are pro-gun. Thus, I should have known better than to joke about it with my seemingly liberal female boss.
Any other advice??