Can an employer not allow a firearm in a vehicle?

[Bigfoot21075]

Can a company in Maryland not allow its employees to have a legal firearm locked in their vehicles in the parking lot? The employee in question does have a wear carry permit in Maryland.

 

[TexDefender]

Its a company vehicle, so I would say it is their rules.

 

[t84a]

Probably if it is their lot.

 

[GTOGUNNER]

Yes. If they say you can't,,, then you can't.

 

[daggo66]

Yes. If they say you can't,,, then you can't.

Do you have anything, such as an actual law, to back this statement up?

 

[Tungsten]

Most companies have policies regarding weapons. That policy covers their parking lot as well. I don't think they could have you arrested for having a weapon in your car, but they could certainly fire you for it.

The other aspect is that I have never had an employer search my vehicle. If you don't say anything, how would they know?

 

[Speed3]

I don't have anything in law that states that, but THEY own the parking lot so you have to play by their rules.

 

[GrimReaper]

yes but they would never know unless its a high security area and they do searches. Dont ask about it either that would raise a red flag.

 

[danb]

Most companies have policies regarding weapons. That policy covers their parking lot as well. I don't think they could have you arrested for having a weapon in your car, but they could certainly fire you for it.

^this.

And as with most employer rules, they are enforced against underperforming employees where they need an excuse to fire you. The only reason they might care, or even notice, is if another employee complains (unless you go though through security).

 

[GrimReaper]

Do you have anything, such as an actual law, to back this statement up?

Its not a legal issue its a company policy issue. If you dont follow company policy you can be fired. If they dont own the parking lot I dont see how they could enforce it though.

 

[GTOGUNNER]

Yes. If they say you can't,,, then you can't.

Do you have anything, such as an actual law, to back this statement up?

Don't need to. It is a property rights thing.


see Speed3s response above.

 

[Boondock Saint]

Yep. Their lot, their rules. Park elsewhere?

 

[jrumann59]

a grey area is if they lease space in say an industrial park where its a common parking lot for all tenants. If that is the case do not park in front of the company if you do not have to but then you have other worries like vehicle security.

 

[GTOGUNNER]

Yep. Their lot, their rules. Park elsewhere?

But not at a Post Office!!

 

[Engine4]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought a law was passed several years ago that allowed a legally owned gun be secured in a vehicle while the owner was at work (not a company car).

 

[GrimReaper]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought a law was passed several years ago that allowed a legally owned gun be secured in a vehicle while the owner was at work (not a company car).

I remember that but it was not in Maryland. They would never let anything like that pass here.

 

[Boats]

Maryland is an at-will employment state. As such, you can be fired for any reason at any time unless there is a contract or a union agreement otherwise.

 

[Occam]

In Maryland we all work at will, so they can chuck you for any reason they like (and you can quit for any reason you like). You can tell people not to bring a gun onto your own property, and they can tell you not to bring one to theirs. The only way this gets into legal territory is if they tell you not to, and tell you that if you do it again you're not allowed on the property on pain of trespass ... and then they call the PoPo because you're subsequently trespassing. But by then it's a little academic, because you've certainly already lost your job.

I've certainly done the Sgt. Schultz in some parking lots (clients, vendors) where I'll be if I asked, I'd find out they had an absolutely-no-firearms policy on their property. But I don't ask, and they don't bring it up.

I did once sign an NDA before entering a datacenter I was thinking of using for some server co-lo, and the NDA fine print definitely went beyond the usual "neither of us can talk about the other's stuff" non-disclosure language, and got into everything from food and drinks being a no-no to, yes, absolutely no weapons of any kind on the property, including firearms and knives. When talking to their sales guy, who needed that NDA before I could get a tour of the facility, I plucked the Leatherman multi-tool out of my pocket and said, "If you prevent IT people from carrying these, you're not going to have many customers." He said, "Looks like a tool to me!" I don't think he'd have said the same thing if I'd popped out a .380 from my back pocket, so that stayed in the car (where, technically, it was still naughty, but the hell with that).

 

[KevinK]

Can a company in Maryland not allow its employees to have a legal firearm locked in their vehicles in the parking lot? The employee in question does have a wear carry permit in Maryland.

Its a company vehicle, so I would say it is their rules.

Are you getting it's a company car from the bolded above?

I think it's a personal car the OP means.

 

[teratos]

Do you have anything, such as an actual law, to back this statement up?

Want people to respect your 2A rights? You need to respect private property rights.