Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Guns and Their Consequences
According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 516 workplace homicides in 2006, and of those, 417 were caused by gunfire.
The availability of guns in the general population remains, of course, a hot topic. Generally, we think of the ease by which people can acquire guns in terms of mass killings, such as those on college campuses, as the issue. But as it turns out, guns are also an important issue in the workplace.
Many companies nationwide are opposed to the “right” of employees to bring guns to work, but some individuals and organizations disagree and vigorously protest no-gun policies when they surface.
Does the right to bear arms include bringing them onto company property?
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I don't think it's about an indivual's right to bear arms. I think an employer should have a set no-gun policy for all employees, and that the company should take steps to ensure that no one will enter the employer premises armed. If not adhered to, immediate dismissal should take place. If an employee were to show up to work with a gun "for protection," they should feel even more protected when they are let go from employment given that they felt so unsafe in the first place!
Just as some individual's argue a right to bear arms, I believe an individual has a right to protect his/own safety. I personally do not feel guns in the home, the work place, and especially a school setting, are safe. You hear more in the news about people accidentally shooting themselves or someone else because there is a gun in the home. You rarely if ever hear about an individual protecting themself because their is a gun in the home. I would feel extremely unsafe knowing a gun was in my workplace no matter who it belonged to.
I would be afraid to continue working at a place where an employee who brought a gun to work was fired. If angry over his dimissal, who might he act out against??? We already know he has a gun. Personally, I think that if the Founding Fathers knew how the right to bear arms would have impacted today's world, they never would have allowed it to be part of the constitution.
Does the right to bear arms include bringing them onto company property?
I'm not sure, and I don't know if it really matters. The people you have to be afraid of aren't going to care if guns are "allowed" or not. Murderers aren't the most law-abiding people around.
"I think an employer should have a set no-gun policy for all employees, and that the company should take steps to ensure that no one will enter the employer premises armed."
One would hope a no-gun policy shouldn't have to actually be written into the employee manual! Shouldn't it be common sense that weapons are inappropriate work accessories, unless you are involved in some forms of criminal justice?
"Shouldn't it be common sense that weapons are inappropriate work accessories, unless you are involved in some forms of criminal justice?"
I would say it depends on your definition of "common sense." To me it is common sense that people not commit crime in any way, but it still happens every day - and there doesn't seem to be any real deterent for those who are commiting the crime. Perhaps it's more the consequences involved after commiting a crime that this country needs to start focusing on.
"You rarely if ever hear about an individual protecting themself because their is a gun in the home."
Because for some reason that isn't news.
You are reading the right news sources. There are stories like this everyday.
"I would be afraid to continue working at a place where an employee who brought a gun to work was fired. If angry over his dimissal, who might he act out against??? We already know he has a gun. Personally, I think that if the Founding Fathers knew how the right to bear arms would have impacted today's world, they never would have allowed it to be part of the constitution."
That rule doesn't perclude a person from owning a gun. That employee would probably do the same thing even if they weren't allowed to bring a gun.
You think someone who would do such a thing cares if there's a gun ban or not?
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