Allegations
If this guy’s story is true, it looks as though he was fired for having a concealed carry permit. Not for carrying on company property. Just for mentioning he had a permit:
The subject of Kuhn having a concealed weapons permit came up during a conversation he had on or about March 18 with Sean Cantner, a new security guard at the warehouse, according to the suit. The plaintiff and Cantner discussed what type of firearm Kuhn owned.
The guard says he had a weapon on the property. He refutes that claim.
May 21st, 2009 at 11:53 am
An employer can fire an employee for a good reason, a bad reason, or no reason at all. He cannot fire him for a legally discriminatory reason. That’s union-organizing, minority, woman, some places gay … etc.. I don’t think we’re to ecercising Second Amendment rights yet.
May 21st, 2009 at 12:58 pm
So you can’t be fired for exercising your “gay rights”, but you can for exercising one of the enumerated ones in the Bill of Rights?
May 21st, 2009 at 2:22 pm
My teammates have made it known on several occasions that if anyone in our building twists off and goes postal, they’re all coming to hide in my cube and throwing me out to ‘go deal with it’.
…not that I walk past that (non-compliant) sign prohibiting weapons on site, mind you…
Regards,
Rabbit.
May 21st, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Well, the Bill of Rights applies only to government action. Outside the Thirteenth Amendment, private action is in the jurisdiction of the legislatures.
May 21st, 2009 at 4:29 pm
I’m not so sure. Violation of civil rights is a Federal felony.
May 21st, 2009 at 4:41 pm
So, am I led to understand by the action which precipitated the lawsuit that Home Depot doesn’t want those who possess valid concealed weapon permits, from any state, on their property? Or, does Home Depot want those who possess valid concealed weapon permits banned only from certain portions of their property, or does Home Depot want to apply that ban to only certain business associates?
Or, is this an action limited to only J.B. Hunt due to the actions of only J.B. Hunt that precipitated the lawsuit?
May 23rd, 2009 at 2:06 am
A holder of a CDL (Commercial Driver’s License) is prohibited by federal statute and Dept. of Transportation regulations from carrying a firearm of any description on a commercial motor vehicle. D.O.T. and state police being what they are and what they are empowered to do without warrant or probable cause or even reasonable suspicion, I would bet anyone here that the man did not have his firearm with him while in the performance of his duties. If he had, the security guard or Home Depot could have called any policing agency and the driver would have been immediately arrested, had his license suspended and then been fired. The prohibition is very well known by any and every one who deals with commercial transportation entities in any way, shape, or form. That the police, the state police, the sheriff, nor J.B. Hunt were not notified when this man was on the property or shortly after leaving is proof enough to me that the security guard lied.
J.B. Hunt has a QualComm system that can locate every truck in its fleet within a few yards at any time of the day or night. Therefore if there was any truth to the security guard’s or Home Depot’s claim this man could have been found in only a few minutes and the rig could have been searched for the weapon. That this was not done indicates the lie. One of J.B’s. selling points is their ability to track every shipment in real time and real location. Every one of their customers know this. Therefore, it is almost impossible to believe anyone but the driver.