Disgruntled worker shoots coworkers

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Just more bad rap.

Also, someone said that Mississippi doesn't have an attempted murder charge, so they are charging him with aggrivated assault. Can anyone verify this?

http://www.thejacksonchannel.com/news/4216193/detail.html

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Pascagoula police responded Monday to a shooting during a shift change at Northrop Grumman Ships Systems shipyard.

Pascagoula Detective Sgt. Jeff Barnes said an employee arrived at work and "was disgruntled for some reason."

Barnes said the unidentified man shot two people who were taken to Singing River Hospital in Ocean Springs. Hospital officials said the victims are listed in critical condition.

The names of the victims were not released.

Barnes said the shooter was in custody.

Barnes said the man tried to leave the shipyard but was detained by Northrop employees until police arrived.

Northrop Grumman Ship Systems is Mississippi's largest private employer, with more than 12,000 workers.

Northrop Grumman has shipbuilding facilities in Pascagoula, New Orleans and Gulfport and builds vessels for the Navy and the Coast Guard.
 
no prob. i wasnt offended at all. i love postal jokes, but of course theres nothing funny about people being murdered.



postal workers are drug tested, but they dont bother testing for speed....
 
one BIG question? HOW after 9-11, does a defense contractor ALLOW a armed person into a plausible terrorist target?
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There may be many potential reasons...
1 The company supports the 2nd Amendment
2 The company feels that concealed carry employees constitute being addition security
3 The gun was brought onto the premises where it was hidden from view or inspection (smuggled) on the way in at the front gate
4 The company does not operate metal detectors at building entrances, probably in part because only employees are allowed.

I see a sort of irony in the above query. Most folks on the forum who are not allowed to carry at work or into work feel that there is a grave injustice being done to them. Some even claim guns to be there only defense and once disarmed, they become a potential victim.

So, now that something does happen at a place of employment, it gets asked as to why the company would allow guns into the work place.

So which is it? Should employees not be allowed to carry and run the risk 'defenseless' victims or should they be allowed to carry so that they can protect themselves and may be others?

See, it is easy to find fault with either policy. It all depends on one's perspectives as to interpreting what is best.
 
DNS, in a way I can see your points. I have been a security officer at a defense contractor. EVERYBODY was stopped, vehicles were searched, licenses were recorded, registrations were recorded, video was used, roving patrols, fence/perimieter security, backgrounds checked, plant vehicles were checked, the superintendant would stop and open his trunk when he would leave. Contactor vehicles were searched BOTH ways. We even weighed large vehicles/semis with cargo vans/trailers. Drug and alcohol testing. There was even a CID unit that I did stakeouts with. I just can't see how a armed individual got through. Even live ammunition in a vehicle without a firearms was probable cause for investigation/arrest.
 
Howdy,
Sir William, I do not doubt the level of security measures where you worked, but a lot of military installations do come even close to being that intense when it comes to actual security. Obviously there are some areas on certain bases where security is tight due to the sensitivity of the area, but for the most part I feel that you are really over estimating the security at this particular shipyard. A person could easily conceal a 25 automatic in a hard hat if they were so inclined.
 
LOL A friend is familiar with the facility. He described it as the Hooterville shipyards. I understand better how that incident was allowed to take place. Apparently the only security measures were unmanned gates in a chainlink fence.
 
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