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I work at a call center. There are 300-400 people in the building that I work in. This is a very boring and tedious minimum wage job in a high cost of living town. There is no drug testing for employment and the folks employed here are very diverse. The idea that any one of them is carrying a concealed weapon to work, a thought that had not occurred to me until listening to this program, is very disturbing. Because of the boredom and economic conditions, there are people here who are depressed, discouraged and sometimes reactive to small things. I am just now forming the idea in my head that my employer checking this population to see if someone has a permit to carry a concealed weapon and announcing that noone is allowed to carry on the premises would be a very reassuring move. I am not sure this is legal, but, if not, it should be an option for an employer.

Gail Hall

posted 4 years, 6 months ago
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