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C-dub wrote:

cyphertext wrote:

C-dub wrote:

cyphertext wrote:Possibly at some mom & pop stores, but corporate chains have teams of lawyers... they know what they are doing.

I would be right on board with that theory except that my last company had a team of lawyers and they still couldn't get any of it right. They thought by just saying that guns were prohibited, even with a CHL, in the building and in the parking lot was sufficient and that anyone caught violating that would be terminated and prosecuted. Then they were also in violation of the parking lot law for about two years. I notified them of that before it even became effective by asking if they were going to change the policy in the employee handbook. Their response was "NO" and they knew the law. Six months or so later they were forced to eat crow and quietly changed the policy and handbook.

Now, they ordered the correct 30.06 and 30.07 signs and when they arrived they said, these things are too big. They then ordered much smaller gunbuster signs that have text that say something like the following: In accordance with 30.06 & 30.07 are prohibited on the premises. I don't have photos and this is only second hand information from friends that still work there. The day they went up I got a call from a couple to let me know and have a laugh about it.

Employers whose businesses are not open to the public are a little different. They don't have to post to terminate you for carrying on their property. Simply putting "no guns allowed" in the employee handbook is sufficient. The parking lot is a little different, but if they know you have a gun in your car, you are doing it wrong.

Yes, but they said that violators would be prosecuted, which they had no legal basis to do. I also forgot to mention that they also thought this would apply to visitors that had never read the employee handbook or been required to sign anything notifying them of this policy.

C-dub wrote:

cyphertext wrote:Possibly at some mom & pop stores, but corporate chains have teams of lawyers... they know what they are doing.

I would be right on board with that theory except that my last company had a team of lawyers and they still couldn't get any of it right. They thought by just saying that guns were prohibited, even with a CHL, in the building and in the parking lot was sufficient and that anyone caught violating that would be terminated and prosecuted. Then they were also in violation of the parking lot law for about two years. I notified them of that before it even became effective by asking if they were going to change the policy in the employee handbook. Their response was "NO" and they knew the law. Six months or so later they were forced to eat crow and quietly changed the policy and handbook.

Now, they ordered the correct 30.06 and 30.07 signs and when they arrived they said, these things are too big. They then ordered much smaller gunbuster signs that have text that say something like the following: In accordance with 30.06 & 30.07 are prohibited on the premises. I don't have photos and this is only second hand information from friends that still work there. The day they went up I got a call from a couple to let me know and have a laugh about it.