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On the part of the co-worker, I have to agree with everyone else and say, don't ask, don't tell. She won't be bothered if she doesn't know you are carrying.

On the part of the HR manager, I would say to do it a little differently. Don't ask about firearms as that may be enough of a hint to them to give you the notice to begin with. Just ask for a current copy of the HR manual, or where it is kept on the intranet in the most updated format. Tell him that someone else was asking a question about time accrual or something and you just wanted to know where to get the most factual information in case there was another question. Then, search the manual very carefully to make sure it doesn't have anything, maybe printing out a copy with the date you checked in case it gets changed.