Where and when the next mass shooting event will occur cannot be known, but thinking it can’t be your workplace is naïve. Sticking your head in the sand is not the solution.
Employers can issue policies and post signs prohibiting guns at the workplace. But it is naïve for safety pros to believe that no one nearby has a concealed gun. Following the mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in December 2012, the Montpelier, Ohio, school board in January of this year unanimously approved for janitorial staff to carry guns provided they pass requirements for Ohio’s Concealed Carry Permit (CCP) law. Ohio’s CCP law requires 12 hours of safety training: ten in the classroom and two firing the gun.