Self-defense on the job?

Very interesting article and comments: http://www.volokh.com/2013/10/13/may-employer-fire-employee-based-employees-reasonable-job-self-defense

Summary: yes, they can. So discretion in bearing arms is important to avoid being fired prior to needing to defend yourself. Of course, the legal right to fire an employee extends to unarmed self-defense also and starts looking like a rather unethical concept. On the other hand, I suspect the bias against self-defense stems from the ability of criminals in many states to sue if injured by agents of a corporation.

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9 Responses to Self-defense on the job?

  1. anonymous says:

    Corporations prefer unarmed workers.

    They used to settle labor disputes differently back in the good ol’ days.

  2. Ray says:

    Government and industry don’t like arms or self defense for the same reason; People don’t get into boxcars willingly.

  3. anonymous says:

    > discretion in bearing arms is important
    > to avoid being fired

    Are you advocating that workers discreetly carry guns, even if the contract they agreed to with their employer forbids it?

    > the ability of criminals in many states
    > to sue if injured by agents of a corporation

    Which states are those?

  4. Sid says:

    What handgun is pictured?

  5. anonymous says:

    > What handgun is pictured?

    CZ P-09

    If you move your computer’s mouse cursor over the picture, a little text-box should pop-up saying “CZ P09 in use”.

  6. Sigivald says:

    More importantly, what job is she doing with mesh arm-warmers?

  7. Paul Koning says:

    There was a news item on the nightly TV news a few days ago, out of Boston, MA, of all places. It reported on a gas station attendant (working for Shell) who drew his sidearm to defend against robbery around 3 am. The robber ran away; the management fired him. The interviewer was pretty respectful, somewhat to my surprise given the extreme left leaning of TV stations in general and those in Taxachusetts in particular. The guy was very well spoken in the interview, very calm and very competently stating his case for personal arms.
    I’m cutting up my Shell card. Then again, I work for a company that also has a defenseless victim policy in the workplace.
    And yes, re “Are you advocating that workers discreetly carry guns, even if the contract they agreed to with their employer forbids it?” — I would.

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