I'm sure this topic has been beaten to death before but I unfortunately don't have the time to search the archives for something similar.
Basically, I work a location in an extremely crime ridden area. The area of employment has been robbed many times at gun point. The vicinity around the area of employment has been the scene of many robberies/muggings at gun point. Various businesses around said area have been targeted as well.
Current employment regulations state that both OC and CC for employees is strictly forbidden. Customers are welcome to do either. But employees are not. I understand the idea behind packing OC and intimidating some customers. I also understand that with a CC pistol an individual may try to act as a hero in the event of a robbery and cause further litigation/criminal charges against the place of employment.
Sorry for the vagueness, jobs are hard to find.
Regardless, my point is this. It has been proven that the from the time I clock out to the time I am in my car, there is a great degree of risk to my personal being. People are, as I said, mugged in the area somewhat often. Normally, I'd feel a bit more safe about the trip from storefront to vehicle as I'd be packing. Oh, I forgot to mention, I generally leave work late, 1145 pm to 12ish am weekdays and weekends. But my employer stipulates I cannot have any sort of sidearm during work, and therefore, by the time mugging time is prime, I am walking defenseless through a parking lot in a bad area, late at night, with the wrong amount of skin pigmentation - all without a sidearm.
I realize that the state of Virginia gives employees power of whether an employee can wield oc or cc.... But is there no exception? Obviously, if I got robbed/mugged off the clock, on to way to my car, my employer isn't responsible, thought they were the ones that prevented me from protecting myself! Is there no way around this? Do I really need someone to drive up to the door every night to prevent something so easily preventable with gun rights?
What do you guys think? Ive had trouble - lots of it - finding any job with decent hours lately. I am working for whatever doing whatever in order to pay off student loans and eventually go back to college. I can't really risk losing my job over this but I'd rather not die to , albeit unfortunately, to a drug addicted fiend that needs just a few more bucks for another fix? Obey the employer and risk my self or buy something very small like a snub nose 357 and conceal it well, or is there a legal process here?
Basically, I work a location in an extremely crime ridden area. The area of employment has been robbed many times at gun point. The vicinity around the area of employment has been the scene of many robberies/muggings at gun point. Various businesses around said area have been targeted as well.
Current employment regulations state that both OC and CC for employees is strictly forbidden. Customers are welcome to do either. But employees are not. I understand the idea behind packing OC and intimidating some customers. I also understand that with a CC pistol an individual may try to act as a hero in the event of a robbery and cause further litigation/criminal charges against the place of employment.
Sorry for the vagueness, jobs are hard to find.
Regardless, my point is this. It has been proven that the from the time I clock out to the time I am in my car, there is a great degree of risk to my personal being. People are, as I said, mugged in the area somewhat often. Normally, I'd feel a bit more safe about the trip from storefront to vehicle as I'd be packing. Oh, I forgot to mention, I generally leave work late, 1145 pm to 12ish am weekdays and weekends. But my employer stipulates I cannot have any sort of sidearm during work, and therefore, by the time mugging time is prime, I am walking defenseless through a parking lot in a bad area, late at night, with the wrong amount of skin pigmentation - all without a sidearm.
I realize that the state of Virginia gives employees power of whether an employee can wield oc or cc.... But is there no exception? Obviously, if I got robbed/mugged off the clock, on to way to my car, my employer isn't responsible, thought they were the ones that prevented me from protecting myself! Is there no way around this? Do I really need someone to drive up to the door every night to prevent something so easily preventable with gun rights?
What do you guys think? Ive had trouble - lots of it - finding any job with decent hours lately. I am working for whatever doing whatever in order to pay off student loans and eventually go back to college. I can't really risk losing my job over this but I'd rather not die to , albeit unfortunately, to a drug addicted fiend that needs just a few more bucks for another fix? Obey the employer and risk my self or buy something very small like a snub nose 357 and conceal it well, or is there a legal process here?
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