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I work for a company whose employee conduct regulations prohibit carrying any kind of firearms onto any company property! Technically even having a weapon locked in the trunk of my car would be an offense if they own the parking lot (don't think they do).
I am in Washington and the state allows open carry and CC with a permit.
Has anyone had luck convincing their employers to change such policies? What's the right way to go about doing it?
I heard that there was a ruckus in the HR department because of an email I sent earlier asking about these regulations, and specifically asking whether I can keep my gun in employee lockers. Because of this I don't think they are very friendly to guns. Nevertheless, I would like to try to ask for the regulations to be changed.
Any advice? They say it's for employee safety, but of course that's nonsense. Bad guys will CC anyway if they are going to commit a crime, so the policy just hurts us good guys.
I think the company might employ armed security guards, though. That would be a contradiction of their regulations; does anyone think that is leverage to get the rules changed? It's not likely to do much good, but I could force them to visit the issue by filing a complaint about the security guard, alleging a violation of the conduct regulations. Then while they are considering the issue perhaps I can get them to drop the regulation entirely?
I work for a company whose employee conduct regulations prohibit carrying any kind of firearms onto any company property! Technically even having a weapon locked in the trunk of my car would be an offense if they own the parking lot (don't think they do).
I am in Washington and the state allows open carry and CC with a permit.
Has anyone had luck convincing their employers to change such policies? What's the right way to go about doing it?
I heard that there was a ruckus in the HR department because of an email I sent earlier asking about these regulations, and specifically asking whether I can keep my gun in employee lockers. Because of this I don't think they are very friendly to guns. Nevertheless, I would like to try to ask for the regulations to be changed.
Any advice? They say it's for employee safety, but of course that's nonsense. Bad guys will CC anyway if they are going to commit a crime, so the policy just hurts us good guys.
I think the company might employ armed security guards, though. That would be a contradiction of their regulations; does anyone think that is leverage to get the rules changed? It's not likely to do much good, but I could force them to visit the issue by filing a complaint about the security guard, alleging a violation of the conduct regulations. Then while they are considering the issue perhaps I can get them to drop the regulation entirely?