Shot and Killed at Work? It Happened to 375 People Last Year

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http://www.alternet.org/speakeasy/martharosenberg/shot-and-killed-work-it-happened-375-people-last-year



It’s every employer’s worst nightmare. An angry employee with a gun takes out his revenge on a boss, coworkers or both.

Last year, Andrew J. Engeldinger did it when he killed five and injured three after being fired from his job at Accent Signage Systems in Minneapolis. Lawrence Jones did it when he killed two coworkers and wounded two others at a Fresno chicken processing plant. The year before, Rocky T. Christian, did it when he shot and killed his boss at Build Direct Floor, LLC in Apopka, Florida. Let’s bring guns to work!

Last year, 375 employees were shot and killed on the job, says the Department of Labor. If you are an employee, you are five times as likely to be shot to death at work if your employer allows guns says an American Journal of Public Health study.

Gun advocates have pushed through laws letting people bring their guns to work, storing them in their cars, in 22 states. The NRA says an Alabama version of the law, which went into effect this summer, "extends the current Castle Doctrine to include places of business to ensure the right of self-defense does not end when you enter your business."

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1. In the whole country of Japan last year a total of 11 people were killed w/ a gun

Bottom line; It is the guns.

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2. A few months ago I read a very good book, "Going Postal,

Going Postal is a good analysis that ties workplace massacres to the economic policies that abuse workers so the superrich corporations and individuals can squeeze even more from the workers.