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I read about this today in the Boston Globe:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new-hampshire/2013/10/16/clerk-fired-for-using-gun-thwart-robber/N3q9BK046ITvycp1hSwlpM/story.html?comments=all#comments
The clerk was not fired for pulling the gun on the knife-wielding robber, but for possessing a gun. Period.
I would like to say that this is an example of a Massachusetts company (Nouria Energy, the Worcester owner of the gas stations operating in several states) asserting their culture in New Hampshire, but the policy of restricting employees from carrying weapons is fairly common nationwide in the chain convenience store and gas station industry.
It is cheaper to pay the insurance costs, workman’s comp claims and replace minimum wage clerks when they get seriously injured or killed during robberies than to pay out wrongful death settlements to armed robbers who get shot during the commission of the armed robberies. Customers injured by store employees defending their lives? Well, they are "rogues" who violated their terms of employment. Customers injured and killed by the armed robbers in stores that have a “no armed employees” policies? The store owners attempt to absolve themselves of any responsibility, as they believe that they in no way contributed to the injuries and deaths, yet the owners are responsible by "welcoming" the robberies with their "no weapons for employees" policies.
Read the 200+ comments to the Boston Globe story and you will shake your head. The utter contempt held by many for the safety of the individual and their right to self defense and the possession of effective means of self defense is incredible. The sheep are just as frightened by the sheep dogs as they are frightened by wolves.
Oct 17, 2013, 12:38:23 AM
Posted to Excuse for firing clerk over gun defense reeks of corporate double-talk