**A: yes but only if it is to shoot the bad cook.What is the name of your state? texas.
right now our weapons policy prohibits all the common weapons including the right of employer's to prohibit concealed handgun permits on premises.
do you think i should let employees use their concealed handgun permits at work??
Well, a baton and mace have nothing to do with concealed carry.i have spent thousands of dollars on surveillance and personally worked on the locks and windows. in a perfect world i would like to give my employees the ability to defend themselves. but they get into fights with customers and among each other. one of them had mace under the counter. some are ex gang or have a boyfriend in a gang.
i'm just worried about liability. because i heard another business is in trouble because an employee clubbed a customer with a collapseable baton. i believe domino drivers are not allowed to CHL. that is more drastic than our situation.
If you have no policy, regarding employees or customers, you are probably in the 'least liable' area.
Sometimes, turning a blind eye is best.
Aside from your 'liability', at issue is the safety of your employees.
A bad area, a dark parking lot, people working their butts off to get along in life - why shouldn't they be able to protect themselves from dirtbag predators ?
How many licensees have been involved in 'wrongful' shootings ? Very, very few.
I grew up in a bad area of Manhattan, and I always had a weapon in my pocket- from broken glass to a sharpened metal rat-tail comb ... you live in a bad area, you have to be ready to defend yourself.Sure we do. I don't even know why you would make such a statement. We are in the Burbs, (Fairfied zip code), and they have found guns on campus. This link is where my daughter goes to schoolPeople who have always lived in nice, safe areas, with parental guidance, don't understand that.
http://www.kcra.com/video/15922409/index.html
LOL, good to see you Guru. One would think the bad, bad people would get fired.**A: yes but only if it is to shoot the bad cook.
How could you even consider adding handguns to this scenario?in a perfect world i would like to give my employees the ability to defend themselves. but they get into fights with customers and among each other. one of them had mace under the counter. some are ex gang or have a boyfriend in a gang.
The problem is that this can go the other way as well. Say an employee cites the bad neighborhood, the robberies etc. as a reason to get a CHL for protection. Then you as the employer do not let them carry citing your concerns about guns in the workplace. If they get robbed or assaulted in the parking lot after their shift you could get sued becasue they tried to protect themselves and you prevented it.Before you make such a decision, you should consult a lawyer in your area to discuss things like:
What are the potential criminal penalties against you if one of your employees shoots/kills someone on your premises?
What are the potential civil actions you may face if one of your employees shoots/kills someone on your premises?
What are the potential criminal charges and/or civil actions you may face if another employee at the store gets your CHL employee's gun and uses it in the commission of a crime or shoots/kills someone on or off your premises?
What are the potential criminal charges and/or civil actions you may face if a robber gets your CHL employee's gun and shoots/kills a customer or one of your employees with it?
You need to check with your insurance carrier to see whether you would be covered if one of your employees shoots/kills someone with a gun you allowed them to carry.
What is your legal responsibility to maintain records of the carry licenses and make sure they are up to date? The employee's criminal status?
I understand your desire to take drastic measures, but I think your plan could potentially cause much greater harm than good.