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NcongruNt wrote:Your church has an HR department?

LOL, I had that same reaction. I belong to a "big" church, meaning in this city of @70k, we have weekly Sunday morning attendance of about 275. Paid employees are the pastor, the music minister, the youth minister, and a secretary. That seems sufficient to manage an organization and property worth several million dollars.

I'm of the bent that if a church has a HR department and professional managers, it's something other than a church.

Kevin

Right2Carry wrote:The problem here is that yes the wording might not match 30.06 and technically he could carry or leave the gun in his vehicle. While that would prevent criminal charges from being filed, it will do absoutely nothing to prevent the company from FIRING HIM FOR VIOLATING COMPANY POLICY. I think giving out this kind of information without reminding people they can still be fired for violating company policy is irresponsible.

All the threads about CHL at work are full of reminders that you can be fired for any reason, or for no reason at all. Yet another reminder about "company policy" is not needed, because when it comes to getting fired, there doesn't have to be a policy violation (nor even a policy).

Perhaps you missed the point of my advice: to place a response in the record making it clear that he was not, and had not been, carrying a handgun in violation of company policy.

ejector wrote:They didn't check my car (which I didn't have a gun in the car) but basically I had to read the company policy and verbally confirmed that I understand the policy.

Here's the upside of that: unless the written company policy exactly matches the 30.06 language, you're not legally barred from carrying or keeping a gun in your car. (I'm basing that on a strict reading of what ejector wrote: that he was required to read the policy, and then verbally confirm that he understood what he'd read.)

One of the security guys was really nice, he mentioned he was also a CHLer and he wished every Texan did the CHL program.

If he really understands the law, he may have been deliberately giving you an "out", without being able to say so out loud.

They mentioned that they had a report and had to respond and I would have this issue recorded in my file.

You should check which file, so that you can record a response explaining that you did not have a handgun on company property. (By "which file", I mean your official personnel file, or just a security department file. The response would be either to HRM, or to the director of security, and in both cases request that your response be kept in your file. You should also cc: your supervisor or department head.)

Sorry you had such a bad experience.

Kevin