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LT,
She's not my wife yet, but i'm working on it and keeping my fingers crossed.

just checked the handbook. Not even close to 30.06 compliant. And here i was thinking it might be a valid prohibition on carrying. Guess it is just my job on the line. But that beats my life being on the line.

Sounds clear as mud to me. All jokes aside though. I understand that i am putting my job on the line if i carry at work. I can live with that risk. Just wanted a secondary opinion about the legal aspects of this action. Just another reason for me to carry at work happened last night. I was asked to go into a room and work on a combative psych patient. Some genius decided to ask the 4 cops standing a few feet away--who brought in the patient--to go and help me control him if necessary. 3 of these did as asked and went in with me, good so far. Things got interesting and we ended up having to restrain the guy, but that is when i noticed something wrong on their duty belts. 2 of 3 had their holsters unsnapped, and before it was over, 1 of these had his gun on the floor instead of on him. It got knocked out during our little incident. Sounds like another reason to have one of my own. Would have been easy for anyone to grab it if they'd just reached down. Seems like there's a hairy situation up there just about every day, and most of us have been involved in one way or another in at least a couple.

the lot isnt posted in any way, correct or otherwise. I work second shift, so get out around 930-1000pm. No offense, but as much as i appreciate the recommendation about getting someone to walk out with me, i am a 26yo male and one of the few vets working there, at least on my shift that i know of. I am not a small woman concerned about rape and such, I am just tired of the incidents we keep having that they sweep under the carpet and tell us are just a work hazard. I am not looking for trouble, and will avoid it if at all possible, but anyone who tries to use force will be met with force, as i believe most, if not all, of you would do. Security consists of a few offduty LEOs who are mostly MIA after about 8pm or so. Good guys, so nothing against them, but the hospital tells them to leave about that time. It is a catholic hospital, and they do have an issue with any weapons, including a small pocketknife they saw me use to sharpen a pencil, but no regs against knives and i told them so, which they confirmed and have since left me alone about. I like the job, but for the most part, information i keep finding says it is just company policy, and not the law that tells me not to carry, since none of the signs are legal. Also, keeping my loved ones safe and coming home to them at the end of a shift is much more important to me than my continued employment. I can have another job in a day or two, so the bosslady and kids wont suffer if i do lose this job. And the pay is less than a dollars difference per hour between them so not that big a concern. I just want to make sure that i will be free to find another job instead of spending time in court defending myself unnecessarily.

seeing as they didnt have set breaks and we were allowed to go to the bathrooms at will, i doubt they can prove i heard much of anything. Great point.

I know this has been chewed over but been told of recent changes/revisions and just want to make sure i have this right. I work in a hospital. Some entrances are posted, others are not. Even the posted ones do not have the .30-06 but instead read "state law prohibits carrying of a handgun on these premises". Ok, so the sign is wrong. So the posting is not valid. Seeing as verbal notice is another valid form of telling us not to carry, here's my concern. During orientation they made a quick comment that was a quick list, and i mean quick, of things not to carry at work. Their words were, "no smoking inside the building, no cellphones, no guns, etc." at no time mentioning CHLs in any capacity. Am i wrong in thinking that even though they said "no guns", seeing as they didnt mention anything regarding having a CHL or not, that it has the same weight as a "no guns" sign at any other location/business? Policy handbook says "no weapons on hospital premises." and leaves it at that. Once again making no mention of a CHL. We have had robberies in the parkinglot, several UCW arrests of beligerent visitors (all non-CHL), and one shooting where a person got into a verbal confrontation with an employee and then proceeded to walk into a bathroom and kill himself(also non-CHL). This has all been in the 3 months i have worked there and this hospital does use LEOs from several local departments as security. Never been one to depend on others to protect me so wont start now. I have been carrying a knife, which i know is both legal and not against hospital policy, but want to get my ducks in a row so i dont end up in jail over carrying a gun when i think it is legal and it isnt, or at least a gray area i can defend if need be. I know the verbal notice is, at least to me, questionable. And i understand that i will be looking for a job if i get caught carrying even if the law says i can. But i'd much rather go home and tell her that i need another job, than have her get a call that i wont be coming home that night, or ever again for that matter. Any and all advice is appreciated. Thanks y'all.
Paul