Working And Loaded: How To Conceal A Firearm On The Job

By James England

You have a license to carry a concealed handgun, now you want to carry it with you everywhere. That’s great! Carrying a handgun onto someone else’s private property — i.e. your place of employment — brings with it some additional questions.

NOTE: I’m going off of my own experience dealing with multiple different employers and contractors and that which I could research on the topics themselves. I am no substitute for a solid legal opinion and I strongly encourage each concealed carrier and gun owner to investigate these issues for themselves.

How To Carry A Firearm On The Job

Before I carry into the workplace, I like to make sure I have the following things in my favor:

• Human Resources/Management issues a written agreement stating it’s okay for me to carry concealed on the job.
  • Employee handbook states it’s okay (or gives conditions).
  • Management signs a letter expressly permitting it.

There can potentially be insurance liability problems that arise when an employee carries a firearm on the job. It’s management’s call. If I am acting in an official capacity of my employment — i.e. going out to a cell phone tower to do repairs — there should be some acknowledgement that I will be armed.

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Source:: Concealed Nation