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I think you're missing a big practical gap between number four and five. If "within policy" in a particular situation means that an employee may not have a firearm in his or her vehicle on company property--and most times that means large, gated grounds or a gated parking garage with consent to search granted by employment...also implying there may be no good options to park elsewhere--staying "within policy" means that an employee is forced to severely limit legally-allowed carry outside the workplace facility.

For some, a 45-minute commute to and from work is common, and that means you are unarmed during the drive. If you choose to leave work for lunch, you are unarmed. If you travel to other locations for work during the day, but are at "home base" for any time, you're unarmed. If you choose to go to dinner or shopping or a movie with friends directly after work, you're unarmed.

"Within policy" may mean that, for much of your waking life outside your home, you are unarmed. Like it or not. And a "change jobs" response would be naive. Think of all the people working highly specialized jobs at NASA, for example.

So there really is a category of, "Wish I could carry everywhere legally allowed, but obeying company policy means I can do that only a small percentage of the time."