Steve Anderson Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 In Toledo on business, suited up at 11:00pm for a little DF practice. Nice big room, tile floor in the kitchen makes a good shooter box. If you're in a hotel in Toledo and hear "bzzz, click click click bzzz" , I'll be done soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDave Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 bathroom and closet doors make excellent barricades. mattress are nice to practice reloads over. the wall pictures (acually the corners is what I aim at) along with lamp shades are excellent "targets". The chairs and desks are really accomidating. Can you tell I spend over 200 days a year in hotels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Anderson Posted June 12, 2002 Author Share Posted June 12, 2002 I didn't think about the doors for barricades. Nice tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 You guys can actually take your pistolas with you on business? My last company (a very liberal tech firm based out of Boston) got wind that I was a competitve shooter and actually changed their "NO WEAPONS!!!" policy just for little old me. If it wasn't so draconian, I'd have been flattered. It went from not being able to having a gun at work, to not being able to have a gun at any time while on official company business. I then decided that plane rides rental cars didn't seem very official to me. E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Anderson Posted June 12, 2002 Author Share Posted June 12, 2002 I'm an area manager for a chain of primarily CD, game and DVD stores, our owner is a fellow gun nut/hunter, and I travel by car primarily. No worries. Now carrying concealed in Ohio, that goes in "What I hate!" SA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm iprod Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 Work in the gun business, its almost mandatory for me to have something in the car, even picking up the kids from the baby sitter. My first job, a loooong time ago was in a bank in the city centre. There were then 3 gunshops within walking distance of work. Eat luch on the move and spend as much time as possible in gunshop. Occaisionally head back to work with new toy. Usully wrapped in newspaper or a towel, I was to cheap to buy a bag. And then stuff it under the desk so the customers could not see it. A bit hairy getting it in a lunchtime as we all had to enter through the customer area. Got quite a few wierd looks, mainly from the staff. We NEVER got robbed all the 4 years I worked there though!!!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDave Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 Well, I don't carry the gun at work. That's against the "rules". But, when I travel, its usually for long periods (30-100 days at a time). So, really, its not any different than taking a set of golf clubs. As long as I don't bring it to my job on my person, they are (1) none the wiser, and (2) not in violation of any "policy". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 I don't carry at work either. You guys have got see this policy. I'll see if I can get it downloaded and posted it. It's the most extensive one I've ever seen. You could not have a gun in your car loaded or unloaded. Your wife could not have a gun in her purse/trunk/whatever if all she did was drove to the front of the building to pick you up after work. Even if the office was on *on leased property* the policy called that trespassing and it was grounds for termination. The policy also included travelling while off premises in your car, the company's, or a rental. Pretty wild stuff. You won't believe it. E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Anderson Posted June 14, 2002 Author Share Posted June 14, 2002 Our policy is "Buddy, don't shoot anybody but the bad guy!" Small business does have some benefits. SA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm iprod Posted June 14, 2002 Share Posted June 14, 2002 Eric, What if a customer/client was an off duty cop? Who was required by his dept to carry at all times. What then? I wonder if the Police turned up to arrest a trouble maker would the company require the officer to leave his weapon or weapons at the gate and jog over and slap the miscreant over the wrist with a damp bus ticket. We don't have a constitution here, but I think yours has been given a good reaming at your work. Good luck, I hope they pay well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted June 14, 2002 Share Posted June 14, 2002 GM, Well, they're paying me near double now. They laid me off, realized that I did stuff they really needed and hired me back as a consultant. I LOVE America! E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm iprod Posted June 14, 2002 Share Posted June 14, 2002 Let me get a tissue, NAH! Short sightedness is not neccessarily an eye problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Posted June 15, 2002 Share Posted June 15, 2002 I work for two electronics companies owned by the same two guys. One is very small (just me and a part time office person) and the other is about 150 people. When I'm at the small company I bring my guns to work and do 20-30 minutes of dry fire each day. I've got mini targets taped all over the walls. I use the server rack for barricade practice. I also sort brass, gage and mark my brass, clean guns, etc... at work. When business was good they used to let me take paid days off for practice sessions and would pay me a little extra O.T. for travel expenses at matches. Unfortunately now that business is slow I have a lot of unpaid time off for practice. Ick! When I work at the bigger company they let me work on my guns out on the production floor, but I have to do my dry fire practice in a locked conference room. Do I have great bosses or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 Definitely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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