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Originally Posted by t walgamuth
This is not about political correctness. This is about a company making a decision that they don't want guns going off in their store. Wrestling with a person who has a gun could result in innocent bystanders getting injured. It appears to me to be a business decision pure and simple.
Once that decision is made you have no choice but to fire people who break an important rule such as this if you have any hope of enforcing the rule with your other employees.
Don't worry about the fellows who got fired, someone will want them to work at their place.  |
I'm sure the gent who ended up with the loaded gun shoved in his back would beg to differ with you. I suppose he should have just allowed the perp to shoot him - he may have been dead, but at least he wouldn't have violated company policy.
From the sound of it, the whole incident, from the time of the gun being drawn, took place in a matter of seconds. They had the perp away from the store proper in an office with the door closed - ie, away from innocent bystanders - when he pulls a gun and charges at the three men standing in front of the closed door - the only way out, and nowhere for the three gents to back away from the perp IAW company policy - and essentially tries to take one of them hostage, shoving a loaded gun in his back.
At that point, I'd imagine the three security guards didn't give a damn about company policy - the only thing on their minds was to still be alive and breathing the next morning - and took action to protect their OWN lives out of instinct in the seconds they had to react.
What would have potentially happened if this nut had been allowed to go running thru the store with a loaded gun, probably didn't even occur to them until well after all was said and done, and everyone concerned had time to put on a clean pair of underwear.
This doesn't sound like a sound business decision - sound business decisions to keep your company in existence and profitable are based on taking into account changing conditions and circumstances - this simply looks to be some CANT (Corporate Animal No Talent) at the home office enforcing rote policy.