For those in the, "in home" service ind. Do you carry into customer's home

[kristop64089]

I am an HVAC tech, and I find myself in Thousands of homes yearly, and some homes are less than desirable places. I always carry a gun in my work vehicle, but here lately have found my self "packing" in.

I am a "good ole' boy" who lives in the boonies, but the nature of my job will occasionally pull me into the slums, or to a secluded place in the middle of nowhere. Many times I have felt compromised, with only my hammer(or whatever tool I can get to quickest) as defense. I would sure hate to be "outgunned" or physically compromised, especially when my guard is really down.

I am of the mindset of "if you can't see it, it doesn't exisist" when it comes to CCW's, and on that note, I have no qualms about carrying into a customers home.

I was curious as to what other's stance may be.

 

[golfnutrlv]

Legally, it depends on your state laws. Here in WA, you can with the owners permission. Depends on your situation though. Whether you carry or not is up to you, just be aware that it could lead to legal concerns if you ever had the gun noticed, or had to draw it for defense.

Either way, think over it a lot, pick one or the other, and then stick with it shamelessly.

 

[ohioguardsman88]

IMO

I won't even bring my ccw to my buddy's apartment.

My brother-in-law was arrested and fined couple years ago...he used his ccw for self-defense when he was being held at knife point (he was delivering pizza)... the jackass who tried to rob him sued him for some bullcraps stuff.

 

[pax]

When I worked as a carpenter's flunky doing home repair work, I carried all the time without fail. Truthfully, though, the gun was on me mostly because I didn't want to leave it in the (usually unlocked) rig, or at home. My work tools were more easily accessible and could have been used to defend me just fine. (Hit a guy upside the head with a hammer & he's just as stopped as if you shot him...)

pax

 

[Dave85]

I have done some handyman work with my revolver in my pocket. In Michigan, private homes are not on the list of restricted places. I, then, leave it up to the homeowner to broach the subject and make that restriction, if they so choose. The authorities place enough limitations on my self-preservation, I will not add any more.

 

[Laker]

I work for a cable company in a city that has a lot of crime. I've been threatened quite a few times and had a rifle pointed at me while disconnecting an illeagal hookup. Do I carry at work? I wish I could, but it's against company policy. We had a shooting at our shop a few years back,( a guy who does what I do) so instead of dealing with the BG's they restricted their employees.

 

[Ed K]

I'm a jeweler I buy and sell have real store but do business in my home and customers homes some people like privacy

 

[chris in va]

I voted 'occasionally' but I always just leave it in the car. Why? Because my style of work (window cleaner) doesn't allow for safe, comfortable carry of a firearm. Just too much going on around my waist.

 

[hoytinak]

When I was doing glass work I pocket carried in other's homes all the time.....no one ever knew.

 

[Moe Howard]

I pocket carry all the time so no one ever knows I am carrying. I may be at a 3 million dollar house where I have to talk to an armed guard before being let into the housing edition, and the very next house may be in the highest crime neighborhood in the area. I do always keep it on me because I don't wont to leave it in the truck even though we are required to keep the trucks locked, the type of products we deliver are just too much temptation for some BGs.

 

[Sevens]

Much more likely to be an obstruction to carrying is the fact that SO MANY employers very specifically state that they don't allow their employees to carry and that you'll get terminated for doing so.

Legal risk bothers me much more than a threat by an employer. I get uptight and disgusted at the prospect of losing the few and already unraveling rights that I do have as a legal gun owning American. Criminal record, loss of carry permit and restricted and black-listed for the rest of my life? I wouldn't ever cross that line. But your employer trying to prohibit you from doing something that's legal, simply because they would rather wash their hands of any future liabilities, that they care so little about their employees? Not likely something to keep me up at night.

If it's legal, you'd be either lazy or silly not to carry. If you are carrying properly concealed anyhow, it won't ever be known to anyone unless it's needed.

 

[Sixer]

If you are carrying properly concealed anyhow, it won't ever be known to anyone unless it's needed.

Bingo!

Carry it... you have some of the smallest guns known to man ( that sounds like an insult, but it's not ). No excuse not to at least pack your "Get off Me" gun.

 

[Dr_2_B]

Some approaches to psychotherapy treatment include going into the home and working with the family in their environment. This gives amazing insight into family dynamics I could never glean meeting with the family in my office.

At any rate, some of these folks are pretty unpredictable and some are unsavory. If I didn't know it before, the scourge of this country is illegal drug use and trade. It's more prevalent than I'd ever imagined. So I tend to carry either a .45 or a .40. Sometimes I'll drop down to a 9mm. Fortunately, I've never had reason to reach for the piece.