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MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 12:41 PM Jan 2018

Sorry. No Raise for You. But, Here's a Gun!

https://lawandcrime.com/crazy/this-business-is-now-requiring-all-employees-to-carry-guns-at-work/

This Company Is Now Requiring All Employees to Carry Guns at Work

by Rachel Stockman | 10:37 am, February 23rd, 2016

A Georgia business is now requiring all of their staff to obtain a concealed carry license and carry a weapon at work. “Everybody has one of these in their drawer or on their person. I would not want to come into one of my facilities,” business owner Lance Toland told WSB-TV in Atlanta. “It’s a 5 shot .410, just like a shotgun and you call it hand cannon.”

Lance Toland Associates, which is an aviation insurance agency, has several offices around Georgia. The owner says after employees get their license, Toland gives them a gun known as the “governor,” which is made by Smith & Wesson. Toland contends the weapon is one of the most effective for self-defense. Toland says his company’s gun mandate came as a result of a surge in crime in the Atlanta metro area.


Smith & Wesson "Governor"


Now, That's the American Way, Dammit!
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Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
1. Toland is a trump devotee -- like most gunners. He's also a fan of Atlas Shurgged.
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 12:54 PM
Jan 2018

Still he [Toland] agrees with Trump about many things:

Climate change? “I’m a global warming debunker,” said Toland. “We may be getting into a new ice age.”

The media? “There are no journalists anymore. When you have the media take a position on the election, that’s not journalism, that’s ideology.”

Globalization? “We’re getting away from globalization with Trump. I do not want anything to do with a new world order, or the Hague. I don’t want Belgium to tell me what to do. Screw Belgium. They got us into World War I.”



http://www.myajc.com/news/local/the-making-trump-voter-lance-toland/xj6St4DoWco9nQSvdLHE4I/





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maxsolomon

(33,345 posts)
2. the only threat they face
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 12:57 PM
Jan 2018

will be disgruntled ex-employees, armed by the company itself.

its' AVIATION INSURANCE. who's assaulting an Aviation Insurance office?

the things Republics waste their time on...

unblock

(52,253 posts)
3. there are few situations in which it is appropriate to quit with less than two weeks' notice....
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 01:00 PM
Jan 2018

this is one of them.

at least for me.


back when i lived in texas, one of my employees told me he became a part-time constable and was required to carry a gun 24/7 and asked if that would be a problem at work. i asked the ceo and he said he needed to choose between the gun and his job.

we worked it out that he could keep the gun under lock in his car in the garage....

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)
4. Looks like a weapon that could break your wrist...
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 01:06 PM
Jan 2018

Is the company paying to train the employees how to use it?

I suppose this gets his people free background checks, though I question how well a local gun shop or sherriff's office could do that.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
5. I don't know. If they have to get a concealed carry permit,
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 01:08 PM
Jan 2018

there should be some training involved. It's just too stupid to contemplate, really, though.

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