:: Bersa Talk ::

justboughtmyfirst:

I do. I'm one of those that are not supposed to due to company policy, but i do anyway. I work in one of the worst neighborhoods in Miami (Liberty City in between Little Havana and Little Haiti). There have been 11 fatal shootings within 6 miles of here in the last year. Not to mention numerous armed roberies, assaults, car jackings, etc, etc. When my office decides to have an armed security guard, maybe I'll leave the Bersa in the car (MAYBE), but until then I'll carry here everyday.Besides, if they don't know, it's not there.

 

We are way ahead of Miami in that national report two weeks ago that puts the Orlando area among the  top cities  in the nation in vilent crime.  Do you think Walt Disney had anything to do with this?

As soon as I retire it's exit stage left!

RC

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justboughtmyfirst:

I do. I'm one of those that are not supposed to due to company policy, but i do anyway. I work in one of the worst neighborhoods in Miami (Liberty City in between Little Havana and Little Haiti). There have been 11 fatal shootings within 6 miles of here in the last year. Not to mention numerous armed roberies, assaults, car jackings, etc, etc. When my office decides to have an armed security guard, maybe I'll leave the Bersa in the car (MAYBE), but until then I'll carry here everyday.Besides, if they don't know, it's not there.

 

I used to live in Hollywood and worked in Liberty City back in the 70's. It was bad then. You need to mount a maching gun on the hood of your car.

Reginald Carstairs:

justboughtmyfirst:

I do. I'm one of those that are not supposed to due to company policy, but i do anyway. I work in one of the worst neighborhoods in Miami (Liberty City in between Little Havana and Little Haiti). There have been 11 fatal shootings within 6 miles of here in the last year. Not to mention numerous armed roberies, assaults, car jackings, etc, etc. When my office decides to have an armed security guard, maybe I'll leave the Bersa in the car (MAYBE), but until then I'll carry here everyday.Besides, if they don't know, it's not there.

 

We are way ahead of Miami in that national report two weeks ago that puts the Orlando area among the  top cities  in the nation in vilent crime.  Do you think Walt Disney had anything to do with this?

As soon as I retire it's exit stage left!

RC

Yeah Orlando has gotten bad. Hve some friends up there had a home invasion just recently. Luckly his 12 guage was quite the deterant!! No one hurt, nothing stolen and only out a broken window. Still scary crap.

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The mere invention of the flame thrower means that one day, someone said to themselves ,"You know i would really like to set those guys on fire, but they're all the way over there." ---George Carlin

HawgLeg:

justboughtmyfirst:

I do. I'm one of those that are not supposed to due to company policy, but i do anyway. I work in one of the worst neighborhoods in Miami (Liberty City in between Little Havana and Little Haiti). There have been 11 fatal shootings within 6 miles of here in the last year. Not to mention numerous armed roberies, assaults, car jackings, etc, etc. When my office decides to have an armed security guard, maybe I'll leave the Bersa in the car (MAYBE), but until then I'll carry here everyday.Besides, if they don't know, it's not there.

 

I used to live in Hollywood and worked in Liberty City back in the 70's. It was bad then. You need to mount a maching gun on the hood of your car.

I actually live in Davie but drive all the way down to this hell hole everyday. Takes an hour and a half to get 30 miles. South Florida makes me want to cry!!

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The mere invention of the flame thrower means that one day, someone said to themselves ,"You know i would really like to set those guys on fire, but they're all the way over there." ---George Carlin

Depends on how you define allowed.  I work in a high crime area where the stupid justice system dumps homeless convicts when they are released from prison.  Due to our clients HSE policy, which we must abide by if we work for them, it is against company policy to have a firearm on company property. Yet when I leave my truck in the morning my gun is in a clip holster on my belt and when I sit at my desk it goes into a locked drawer.  Everyone knows it - wink wink nod nod.  Another guy in the back does the same thing and the owner of the company usually has a 12 gauge in his closet.  The ladies know just who to call when some drug addict comes around begging for mony or asking for a cigarette.  Makes them feel a lot safer.

ed

 

Sometimes. If we have been dealing with a mental case through customer service and he has threatened to come down and TCB, then I will carry for a while...no one knows but me...and I'm going to keep it that way....

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Bersa 380
Glock 19
Beretta 25
Taurus 357 revolver
Ruger Mark III
S&W 642 Airweight
Colt 1911 Govt XSE

no I don't carry my gun to work or from work.I work for th U.S. Postal Service letter carrier.Would like to carry it.I tell people who don't keep their dogs undercontrol. If I shoot just one dog around town,the rest would be tied   up and out of the way.thats what I call animal control

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john h

I do not.  Companies located in airports seem to frown on it.

Check out this video of workplace insanity.

Bronson

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"Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late." T. Sowell.
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Bersa Thunder .380
Browning HiPower
Kahr CW40
Kel-Tec P-32
Ruger Mark I
Ruger GP100

We are not allowed to carry at work but I do carry to the job site then I lock it up.  In a previous life I had a desk job (ins. sales) and I had an unhappy and nutty guy come to our offices to complain.  He was so bizzare that after that I devised an escape plan just in case and kept a gun in my drawer which would have gotten me fired, I suppose. A few months later that guy that came to the office chased his wife down the expressway and shot her dead.

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fanner 50 by Mattel
Bersa 9UC ( not in ss why oh why)
Bersa 380 Plus
Bersa 380cc
FS 22
Tauras 917ss(tac lite/laser, cup holder, hand warmer,rear view mirrior)
S & W model 27 357
S $ W 38 spec.
H & R 22
H & R 22 (1932...my Dad's pistol)
Ruger mk II

My wife and I share an office building (both self employed) and I insist she carry when I'm not around.  She is often in that building alone and worse yet with male clients and associates she sometimes doesn't even know very well.  We don't carry anyplace else as I don't see any need to personally and CCW is hard to get around here. My policy with employees is that they can bring guns to work if they are happy controlled people.  Grumpy hotheads get fired. 

if i happen to do a service call in a bad area ill carry in pocket, i usual avoid taking calls in high crime areas, somehow its a product line i happen to not service.
repair work in homes, alot of bending, kneeling and laying on customer floors makes it uncomfortable to carry. 27 years guess im lucky, have had no real problems in homes. have had my tools stolen from truck just 4 times, of course no one saw a thing.    (self employed)

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bersa thunder 380
taurus pt/7 pro cds .45acp
taurus pt 99 af 9mm para.
smith & wesson 22-S
4 rifles, 3 shotguns, 1 muzzleloader, 1 bow.
avatar- my new bersa shirt.

Sometimes I work on things that hold money. Lots of money. I'm usually alone, too. The company handbook states: Illegal carry of weapons is prohibited. I'm legal, so YEP!

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Ruger SP101
Bersa T380
S&W 65 .357
Stoeger Cougar 9
S&W M&P
Springfield Mil-Spec 1911
etc....