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Companies without a "no weapons" policy

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An interesting thought came up earlier and I just have my anecdotal evidence here. How many people work for a company that does NOT have any kind of a no weapons policy? As in they are either explicitly allowed or there is no mention made of it at all? If you wouldn't mind - post here with your experience including location and size of the company (name isn't needed but might be helpful).

I have worked at 3 places in the past decade. 2 of them have had a no weapons policy, but 1 of them didn't. All Austin area companies. The 1 that didn't mention it was about 30 employees.
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I own my own company. I don't have a no weapons policy. We're a nursing agency, and I send people to hospitals all over the place. I have a copy of a weapons policy that was suggested that includes no weapons of any kind while travelling on business with said company, on premesis of company, on client premesis, so forth and so on. I chose not to implement it. I was almost mugged in a place that I send nurses. I'm not going to tell them they can't carry.
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I was considering starting a site a lot like the Texas3006.com site, if there was interest.

My current company has a very draconian no weapons policy so it'd be nice to know who'se "friendly"
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Tactical_Texan_CHL wrote:I have a copy of a weapons policy that was suggested ...
Suggested by whom and for what reason?
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I would not suggest publicizing which companies do not have "no weapons" policies. The antis could use that information to harass those companies, and companies receiving negative publicity might implement such policies.

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how about then just publicicing the companies that have anti=gun policies, and to the degree?
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seamusTX wrote:I would not suggest publicizing which companies do not have "no weapons" policies. The antis could use that information to harass those companies, and companies receiving negative publicity might implement such policies.

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Point taken, but if you will notice I did not ask for company name. Just location and size.
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My company has a strong weapons policy. Specifically, they will pay for your CHL, encourage carrying, & cover 2 boxes of ammo per year :woohoo . Not quite your normal company policy. We have about 200 employees scattered across the US. Headquarters is near downtown Dallas. Did I mention I love my company? :lol:

No, I am not a security guard or employed in any part of the Security industry.

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MAFWG wrote:My company has a strong weapons policy. Specifically, they will pay for your CHL, encourage carrying, & cover 2 boxes of ammo per year :woohoo . Not quite your normal company policy. We have about 200 employees scattered across the US. Headquarters is near downtown Dallas. Did I mention I love my company? :lol:

No, I am not a security guard or employed in any part of the Security industry.

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Sounds like a great place to work. What industry is it, and do they have an Austin office? :mrgreen:
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NcongruNt wrote:
MAFWG wrote:My company has a strong weapons policy. Specifically, they will pay for your CHL, encourage carrying, & cover 2 boxes of ammo per year :woohoo . Not quite your normal company policy. We have about 200 employees scattered across the US. Headquarters is near downtown Dallas. Did I mention I love my company? :lol:

No, I am not a security guard or employed in any part of the Security industry.

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Sounds like a great place to work. What industry is it, and do they have an Austin office? :mrgreen:
I WISH my company were more like that. I work for a company in Austin that has compliant PC30.06 signs at the entrances . . . these went up about the time they outsourced security - no more corporate security guards at the entrance. Now the "guards" from the security company just sit around in an office near the dock and watch the monitors while having their coffee and donuts.

Things have changed . . . some years back, the corporate newspaper stopped accepting employee want-ads for firearms.
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My current employer is a big publically-owned n-$billion company with serious no-weapon policies.

My previous employer was small privately owned company with about 70 employees. During the initial interview they asked if I had a CHL. I said I did and the owner said he did carry at work but didn't talk about it. Enough said. Carried every day there. :-)
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NcongruNt wrote:
MAFWG wrote:My company has a strong weapons policy. Specifically, they will pay for your CHL, encourage carrying, & cover 2 boxes of ammo per year :woohoo . Not quite your normal company policy. We have about 200 employees scattered across the US. Headquarters is near downtown Dallas. Did I mention I love my company? :lol:

No, I am not a security guard or employed in any part of the Security industry.

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Sounds like a great place to work. What industry is it, and do they have an Austin office? :mrgreen:

I would prefer not to mention the industry I work in as that would pretty much identify the company also. I'm not trying to be mysterious, I just don't want to raise any flags at work by putting too much info in an Internet post.

The reason many of us carry is that we sometimes work in areas that aren't particularly safe, the kind of areas I usually avoid on my own time.

If we ever have a social get-together in Dallas (hint, hint), I'll be glad to discuss my job with everyone. :cheers2:

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I have a friend that owns a very unique company. He called me to request some language for a firearms policy. I can't talk about why he wanted it, but suffice it to say he wanted to be able to protect both his company and his employees. The very simple yet functional language I suggested is "carrying of firearms on company property in violation of state or federal law is prohibited." Everyone is happy, the owner, the employees, the lawyer that would defend him/his company if the need arises, the . . .

This man does a lot for the Second Amendment, the shooting sports, our service men and women, and people who want to take responsibility for their own safety. And he doesn't abandon those beliefs when it comes to his employees.

I too have a firearms policy for my law firm. If you don't have a CHL when you come to work for me, you have 120 days to get one. I'll do a free CHL class and if you can't afford the $140 fee, I'll pay that. If they don't apply within 60 days of starting to work for me, I start making fun of them and calling them names. If they don't apply within 90 days, I have everyone make fun of them and call them names. If they haven't applied by the 120th day, I fire them and hire their husbands' ex-girlfriends.

Obviously, I'm kidding; at least for the most part. I do give a free CHL course and I'll pay their license fee if they can't afford it. I also am "persistent" in encouraging them to take advantage of the opportunity.

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Charles L. Cotton wrote:I have a friend that owns a very unique company. He called me to request some language for a firearms policy. I can't talk about why he wanted it, but suffice it to say he wanted to be able to protect both his company and his employees. The very simple yet functional language I suggested is "carrying of firearms on company property in violation of state or federal law is prohibited." Everyone is happy, the owner, the employees, the lawyer that would defend him/his company if the need arises, the . . .

This man does a lot for the Second Amendment, the shooting sports, our service men and women, and people who want to take responsibility for their own safety. And he doesn't abandon those beliefs when it comes to his employees.

I too have a firearms policy for my law firm. If you don't have a CHL when you come to work for me, you have 120 days to get one. I'll do a free CHL class and if you can't afford the $140 fee, I'll pay that. If they don't apply within 60 days of starting to work for me, I start making fun of them and calling them names. If they don't apply within 90 days, I have everyone make fun of them and call them names. If they haven't applied by the 120th day, I fire them and hire their husbands' ex-girlfriends.

Obviously, I'm kidding; at least for the most part. I do give a free CHL course and I'll pay their license fee if they can't afford it. I also am "persistent" in encouraging them to take advantage of the opportunity.

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I wish I could find a boss like you. All of the large companies I have worked for have had serious anti-weapon policies. All of the small companies have not mentioned weapons. Unfortunately, this has likely been due to lack of competence and preparedness rather than being gun-friendly. This is also the reason that most of them have been poor employers and unable to properly run a business, so the search goes on... Unfortunately the best prospects I have right now are with large educational institutions, and there's no way to legally carry there, anyway. Perhaps that can be changed in the next legislative session. ;-)
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Charles L. Cotton wrote:I too have a firearms policy for my law firm. If you don't have a CHL when you come to work for me, you have 120 days to get one. I'll do a free CHL class and if you can't afford the $140 fee, I'll pay that. If they don't apply within 60 days of starting to work for me, I start making fun of them and calling them names. If they don't apply within 90 days, I have everyone make fun of them and call them names. If they haven't applied by the 120th day, I fire them and hire their husbands' ex-girlfriends.
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