ccw on jobsite parking lot

[Aguila Blanca]

So why didn't you just take the job and carry anyway?
LOTS of people have jobs that say they can't carry, and they do it anyway.

I could have done that. I considered it, for all of about 15 seconds.

Doing that would have been granting tacit admission that they have a right to impose such an unreasonable requirement on me. I don't accept that. I hold a carry permit from my state (which is already, IMHO, an unconstitutional infringement), and neither the federal nor state constitution nor the regulations governing my permit prohibit me from carrying in a Barnes & Noble bookstore. The manager of the store acknowledges that it's a dangerous area -- part of our training on the very first day included the appropriate reponse for when undesireables come into the store.

Legally they have a right to impose conditions on employees, as a contractual issue between employer and employee. I would not have been making any point if I signed the agreement and then carried in violation of it. Besides, it violates my personal ethics to agree to something and then not abide by the agreement. Do I think my lone resignation is going to force B&N's corporate attorneys to rethink their position? Unlikely -- but at least they know that someone cares enough to call them on it.

 

[45crittergitter]

http://www.nra.org/urfired

 

[ralphie98]

Minnesota

One good thing about Minnesota I guess... they addressed this problem when they wrote the law

From Packing.org

The owner or operator of a private establishment may not prohibit the lawful carry or possession of firearms in a parking facility or parking area.

This doesn't distinguish between employees and the general public, so a gun in your car isn't a reason to fire you. Now, MN is an at will employment state so they can fire you for any ol' reason they want. The best plan is to just not say anything about it.