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Fired for pro-gun views

Joe Huffman was fired from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) for exercising his first and second amendment rights. You can read Joe’s story here. You can help Joe by going here.

I was privy to an advanced copy of his story and it’s pretty damning in its claims.

7 Responses to “Fired for pro-gun views”

  1. xx y Says:

    Well, this is a very good example of why to people would want to keep their blogging under a pseudonym.

  2. countertop Says:

    Yep. Its also an example of why I try to never discuss things I actually work on either.

  3. Joe Huffman Says:

    One of the most viewed pages they visited was my firearms instruction page. You can exactly be an anonymous instructor.

  4. Steve Ramsey Says:

    Mr. Huffman has a case if he is a government employee, as amendment one has repeatedly been found to uphold speech aginst restraint by government employers.

    Those of us that work for private employers are shitouttaluck. We have no 1st amendment protections against intrusion by our overlords.

  5. countertop Says:

    Joe,

    Do you have a lawyer? Seems to me that prior to terminating you they would have given you some sort of golden parachute to keep you quiet.

  6. Rob Says:

    Found your post here via TTLB’s communities. This story is a crying shame…I’m an unabashed liberal, but what was done to Joe trancends politics. It’s simply wrong…from all I read of his story, the most he sounds guilty of is a) being outspoken and active and b) letting his family use his work laptop (and if it’s allowed to be taken home, it must not be classified…I work for the government too, and I know the rules on these things).

    I blogged his story, and I’ll keep revisiting it. This is simply wrong!

  7. markm Says:

    Steve: The employer is a government lab. IANAL, but it sounds like the only problem with a lawsuit is proving the real reason for the firing. Or drawing a gun-fearing wussy for a judge…

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