Gwinnett County, GA - Woman Fired For Carrying Gun On The Job

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Woman Fired For Carrying Gun On The Job

Posted: 3:47 pm EDT September 14, 2010
Updated: 6:27 pm EDT September 14, 2010

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. -- A metro Atlanta woman is asking a judge to strike down a Gwinnett County company's gun policy.

Jamie Lunsford said the company violated her rights by firing her after they discovered she had a gun in her car while on business. Lunsford said the company violated her right to carry a permitted, concealed weapon in her car.

To read the rest of the story click the link below.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/25008504/detail.html

Steve

[Gunreference1]

David Codrea
Gun Rights Examiner

Can companies require employees to disarm on 'company business'?

September 15th, 2010 11:21 am ET

"Woman Fired For Carrying Gun On The Job," the WSBTV.com headline tells us.

"Jamie Lunsford said the company violated her rights by firing her after they discovered she had a gun in her car while on business."

So she wasn't actually "carrying," was she? Still, how did her employer discover that she had a gun in her car? Apparently she disclosed it to security guards while visiting a federal Reserve Bank on company business, and they "had no problem with it."

To read the rest of the story click the link below.

http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-national/can-companies-require-employees-to-disarm-on-company-business

Steve

[Sidartha]

A spokesman for the company sent Bojorquez a statement that read in part, “Georgia law allows workers to leave a firearm in their vehicle in a company parking lot. The law does not, however, permit an employee to carry a firearm while conducting company business."

I hope this company gets slapped down hard for this mindset.
Being 'on company business' is not an excuse to violate civil rights or to violate state law.
This is Bullshit and I want that woman to get a big pile of money.

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Woman Sues Former Employer Over Gun Policy

Employee fired for having handgun in her car says company's policy violates state law

Katheryn Hayes Tucker
Fulton County Daily Report
September 20, 2010

A former employee of Iron Mountain Information Management Inc. has challenged the company to a legal duel in Gwinnett County Superior Court in Georgia over its employees' rights to possess guns.

Magistrate Kristina H. Blum, sitting by designation for Judge Debra K. Turner, heard arguments on the matter last week and is expected to rule soon.

At issue is Jamie Lunsford, who had worked for the document-shredding company for six years when she was fired for carrying a handgun in her car.

To read the rest of the story click the link below.

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202472196134

Steve

[JTHunter]

By now you have probably heard about the fiasco going on in one of the Carolinas where they passed a law prohibiting carrying outside your home in the event of a natural disaster. This is despite the fact that several states passed legislation "post-Katrina" to PREVENT something like this.