Eegore wrote on 06/28/18 at 06:00:12:
No firearms allowed signs were put up at a medical center that used to allow conceal carry on site, but not open carry. One thing about locations like this is the consistent threats and violence staff deal with, especially in emergency rooms. The ICU is an area of concern as well as it is common (where I worked it averages 6 times a year) for patient relatives to threaten staff with statements like:"If my mother dies so do you." or "I will have anyone that doesn't keep my father alive murdered" In the ER a 16 year old drunk patient threatened a staff member by stating he would "rape you in all three holes". So staff are allowed to protect themselves, unfortunately a staff member would carry a pistol in a small pack on his waist that was unzipped. Multiple requests for him to keep his weapon concealed resulted in him indicating that he has a right and that the medical center cant do anything about it. He was terminated for violating the companies policy on the open carry of weapons. (elderly patients can get confused, and they call security over a man in their house with a gun etc.) The hospital, as preparation for a lawsuit posted no-weapon signs including firearms which then by CO law prohibited conceal carry. The signs were not put up to discourage criminals but to mitigate future lawsuits. Lawsuits are presented weekly, threats about every other month.
Understand, the reason for the hospital to put up, ‘no gun’ signs.
No one wants a son, saying to a doctor,
“You save my moms life or I will shoot you”And having the means to carry it out.
Yet, will a, ’sign’, stop that son from carrying ?Your statement:
“…unfortunately a staff member would carry a pistol in a small pack on his waist that was unzipped. Multiple requests for him to keep his weapon concealed resulted in him indicating …”I am taking the, ‘A’, to mean a single person.
So because of one persons refusal to follow the companies policy, all the rest are,
NOT, allowed to defend themselves.
Your statement:
“…The hospital, as preparation for a lawsuit posted no-weapon signs including firearms which then by CO law prohibited conceal carry….” That will then, supposedly, prevent, good and bad people from having a firearm.
Again, understand why the sign, to, perhaps, stop the son, from doing,
‘… I will kill you’. Because a, ’sign says’, it prevents a CC, or open, from going in.
It also, prevents a employee, from defending themselves.
Who do you think will comply with the ’sign’, the son, who’s mom is suppose to be all right, or the Doctor/staff ?
Does not look like this policy, is to protect, Lives, it looks like it is to protect, money.