Does your job let you carry?

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Just wondered who has a job, Other then a police officer,security guard job that allows you to carry while at work?
I really do not know what a concealed carry gun would hurt, cause most will never even know you are carrying. but this is just something i wondered about, as years go by the world is getting crazier and i really wish it be nice if all jobs would allow there workers to carry.
 
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Am retired now but where I worked at very large construction equipment manufacturer (Think Yellow) if you had even just one bullet on the premise you would be fired if seen ..
 
I'm semi-retired and still do rental property management. Mostly for my own properties and for friends/family.

So being self employed, I let myself carry. :)

In fact, meeting someone I don't know in the dark at night to show a property is one of the situations where I really appreciate my J frame in my pocket.

Never needed it yet, thank goodness.
 
I work in an environment where there weapons are not permitted on site, but at the same time it is not a law. So a weapon being concealed is just that, concealed.
Due to my working situations I cannot always carry. But for what I consider a reasonable distance, my carry weapon is in my backpack where only I have access to it and only a few close associates and trusted know I carry. So in short it is in a backpack!
 
After retiring from law enforcement I went to work for the Federal government and carrying a gun was a firing offense. Good job, good pay & benefits so I followed the rules and carried on the weekends. The armed security guys who protected our building were all retired cops and told me they'd look the other way if I wanted to carry (I'm the kind of guy that AWALYS gets caught), but it was just not worth it.
 
I am a municipal employee. I am not allowed to carry at work, and I am not allowed to carry in a city vehicle. And I take bank bags to the bank every day. If I were to drive my vehicle to work, I could have a gun in it, as long as I lock the doors.
 
Construction worker, as long as it was not a government property all should be OK. No one ever saw or guessed I was armed, but I did not carry at all sites, just ones in bad areas.

When I retired and drove truck for a couple years,I never asked,they never said. They had no handbook I asked them about that!
 
I worked for 1 year at a trucking company after I retired from Law Enforcement, they wanted me to carry so I did.
 
Most company handbooks have a weapons policy so if your company has a Handbook I'd read it carefully.

I wrote my company's Handbook. Weapons are prohibited generally but concealed handguns are permitted for CHL holders with senior management permission.

I thought that was pretty clever since I knew they wanted to prohibit weapons and I knew they'd say yes to me. Ipso facto, yes, I carry at work, as does our President (big shock, right?) and our Comptroller (sometimes he does, sometimes he does not).

We have some other CHL holders and when they ask I just direct them to the policy in the Handbook. None have asked for permission that I am aware of.

Do any of them carry? Probably not, but I think that we would NOT fire them if they did as long as the discovery of same was made through anything but a violent confrontation.
 
My CEO, and friend, is a big gun fan. We bring our latest additions to work and show and tell. So yes, we can carry anything we want from a concealed pocket carry to an AR strapped on our back. Most of my staff are Russians and have never shot guns before. One Friday after work, we all loaded up and headed for the range to let them shoot. It was a lot of fun to show them safety and operation.
 
I retired as a LEO in 2001. While waiting to go to Kosovo as an international police officer, I worked as a house parent in a children's home. I read the handbook very carefully and concluded that CCW wasn't prohibited.

I pocket carried a NAA .22 Magnum while on the property and had a 3" M625 .45 ACP locked in my room. I worked 4 days on and 4 days off, sleeping in my own room. I didn't worry much about the kids, but some of the parents, who could visit on weekends, were druggies. Had one sorry momma who actually brought her 14 year old son some weed to smoke! :(
 
oh wow thanks for the replies and it kinda surprising to see many of you do carry but sounds like some you have jobs where doesn't matter either way.. cant carry in a City Automobile? its not a Federal auto right? so not sure.

as a real estate person or someone who rents propertys i do not blame you for carrying, if i met anyone to sell something to buy something in public i am always armed.

I work in Retail, many of my customer are armed, and I am sure many many more are concealed so no clue they are armed, I never asked but I'm sure my company would be against its employees carrying. even tho in winter when I wear my sweatshirt no one would ever know.

my gf worked at Subway and a few had gotten robbed the owner said they could carry if they wanted but the gf didn't have a gun at the time she worked there, leaving by themselves late at night i think anyone in that situation should carry, same thing with gas stations and such i think they should be armed.
 
Cal44 said:
I'm semi-retired and still do rental property management. Mostly for my own properties and for friends/family.

So being self employed, I let myself carry. :)

In fact, meeting someone I don't know in the dark at night to show a property is one of the situations where I really appreciate my J frame in my pocket.

Never needed it yet, thank goodness.
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I've been an agent for years. There is never a reason to show property after dark. It's asking for trouble armed or not. Same goes for property checks.
 
Self Employed with one helper - we both carry - too many bad things can happen to multiple $1000s expensive trained dogs if we don't
 
My company does not allow weapons on locations,in company vehicles, or on property. Will result in termination. All vehicles, property or persons can be searched at any time. I work in the oil field. And a guy that works in same company was held at gun point and robbed beaten not long ago. Miles from nowhere.
 
Everywhere I've worked has prohibited carrying a gun, whether by policy or law, except for times I've worked as an armed guard several years ago, but those jobs don't count per your parameters.
 
Recently our board just voted to allow CCL holders to carry at work. Before our policy directly prohibited any carry.
A welcome change for a few....after a week of nervous office gossip everything went back to normal.
There's a general understanding that the world is getting crazy and our quiet rural town isn't exempt from evil.
It was a very public change and news cameras were rolling...best part of that is now we aren't a known gun-free zone ;)
 
My boss encourages me to carry. A few others carry or have guns nearby. Boss also has a safe with at least an AR-15 in it. :cool:
 
I've been in IT for over 30 years now and worked for and at a lot of different companies. I can't think of one that would allow a weapon (knife etc) let alone a firearm on the premises. Worked at a small company that had less then 50 employees and we use to keep beer in the frig - that is - until we got bigger. After that the corporate lawyers got involved and the rest is history (alone with the beer). :D
 
CS45Fan said:
I've been in IT for over 30 years now and worked for and at a lot of different companies. I can't think of one that would allow a weapon (knife etc) let alone a firearm on the premises. Worked at a small company that had less then 50 employees and we use to keep beer in the frig - that is - until we got bigger. After that the corporate lawyers got involved and the rest is history (alone with the beer). :D
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Same here, minus the corporate and Lawyers. I keep vodka and beer in my desk. There's usually liquor to be found somewhere within the building as well. On of the guys brings his deer kills to gut and quarter them here as well. I've been there since 01 and by now moat people know I carry and no one bats an eye. I do however carry concealed
 
I work for a 3 man plumbing, hvac business, carry everyday. boss does too. the only place I disarm is at the jail, courthouse or a school.
Today I put a new tub shower faucet in a old trailer (fun fun ) and replaced a kitchen cabinet with the folks living there watching me the whole time. I carry model 60 iwb, no one even notices.
 
I work at a privately owned drug testing facility that drug tests folks involved with family court and the cabinet for families and children. We also are non-commissioned probation officers that supervise some misdemeanor cases that involve monitoring people that owe restitution for theft cases, or who are ordered to undergo substance abuse and/or anger management treatment.

We usually don't encounter any problems, but needless to say we have our share of gems. Anyhoo, we all are allowed to carry, but of the 4 of us in the office, I am the only one that does, and it's more than OK with the owner and office manager. I am hoping one of my female co-workers, who is in the process of getting her CCDW permit, decides to do the same when she's officially allowed to carry.
 
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