An employee at a fast food join in Chicago is facing two counts of first-degree murder after fatally shooting two customers last Monday, and the Chicago Tribune is using the incident to not-so-subtly push for “gun-free” workplaces.
As the Tribune notes, a number of violent workplace attacks have taken place around Chicago over the past week, though the only one that appears to involve a lawful concealed carry holder was a defensive gun use. Still, the paper spoke to several “experts” who recommended that employees be disarmed in the name of safety.
The double homicide at the Ashburn restaurant was the latest in a string of recent violent workplace attacks that occurred in the Chicago area earlier this week involving employees carrying weapons on the job.
Just hours after a Bears victory at Soldier Field on Sunday, a man employed by a company offering food and beverage services at the football stadium allegedly slashed his co-worker with a knife following a verbal altercation. Earlier that day in the south suburb of Calumet City, a Walgreens employee with a concealed carry license allegedly fatally shot a suspected shoplifter who had pulled a gun on the store workers.
Experts on occupational safety say that these recent incidents bring to light the importance of employers taking proactive steps to plan for and prevent workplace violence.
… Chicago saw another string of incidents of workplace violence in late May of this year. During a single week, a worker at Ross department store was stabbed, a subcontractor at a Portillo’s allegedly attacked a co-worker with knives over a domestic dispute, an employee allegedly stabbed a co-worker at City Winery in the West Loop, and another allegedly pulled a gun on co-workers at the downtown Eataly location.
Experts said these types of violence demonstrate the importance of individual employers creating a sensible weapons policy, particularly given the lenience of state law when it comes to employees bringing concealed firearms to work.
“Organizations should not allow access to firearms within their premises,” said Sean Ahrens, a security consultant in the Chicago area. “In a situation where there is a dispute that (results in) someone acting out, having access to a firearm or another implement that can create significant harm, like a knife, is detrimental. So we should always attempt to keep those tools away from individuals in those types of instances.”
Even when acting in self-defense during a robbery, Ahrens said, employees with concealed carry licenses may use weapons incorrectly and put themselves or others in danger due to a lack of training — police may even mistake them for an aggressor, he said. […]
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