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Recently, the chief executives of the more than 150 best-known companies in America have sent a letter to the Senate leaders advising an increase of background checks over all the firearms sales and law regulations. Heads of Levi Strauss, Uber, Twitter and other renowned companies have said that it was of time to back up American public on their stance related to gun safety. The business community has entered in the gun debate to pitch in their opinions about one of the most polarizing and long-standing issues in the nation ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"YsSKL4M5","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Sorkin)","plainCitation":"(Sorkin)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":370,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/9Hfkg8Y0/items/B9XTQWB5"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/9Hfkg8Y0/items/B9XTQWB5"],"itemData":{"id":370,"type":"article-newspaper","title":"‘Simply Unacceptable’: Executives Demand Senate Action on Gun Violence","container-title":"The New York Times","section":"Business","source":"NYTimes.com","abstract":"“Doing nothing about America’s gun violence crisis is simply unacceptable,” the corporate chiefs urged senators in a letter.","URL":"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/business/dealbook/gun-background-checks-business.html","ISSN":"0362-4331","title-short":"‘Simply Unacceptable’","language":"en-US","author":[{"family":"Sorkin","given":"Andrew Ross"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2019",9,12]]},"accessed":{"date-parts":[["2019",11,5]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Sorkin). However, 26 states have adopted the law of keeping the guns in the company’s parking lot. Albeit these laws have different specifics state to state, employees can carry firearms as long as they follow the federal and state laws. The gun control antagonists have pointed out that in several cases of active shooters firing at employees and children in schools have been stopped by any employee with a firearm on the premises ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"nV0sbvcR","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Sparkman)","plainCitation":"(Sparkman)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":371,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/9Hfkg8Y0/items/DJGZMSHD"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/9Hfkg8Y0/items/DJGZMSHD"],"itemData":{"id":371,"type":"webpage","title":"Can You Keep Guns Out of Your Workplace?","container-title":"EHS Today","abstract":"In some states you must at least allow firearms to be stowed in employee vehicles in company parking lots.","URL":"https://www.ehstoday.com/environment/can-you-keep-guns-out-your-workplace","language":"en","author":[{"family":"Sparkman","given":"David"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2019",1,7]]},"accessed":{"date-parts":[["2019",11,5]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Sparkman). It has been contemplated on the basis of previous incidents, majority of the active shootings took place at workplaces. According to David Cowan, CEO and founder of the Cowan Consulting, specialized in making the organizations safer and productive and the FBI report suggests that most of the shooter situations occur at schools, government bodies, commerce and health care organizations. James Savage, former secret services agent and principal of the Savage Global Strategies has stated recently that introducing the law of keeping guns at work place should be monitored as their might be an increase in the number of the accidental or potential fatalities ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"b2Zz3gqd","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Chiappetta)","plainCitation":"(Chiappetta)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":373,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/9Hfkg8Y0/items/D3BVKUJE"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/9Hfkg8Y0/items/D3BVKUJE"],"itemData":{"id":373,"type":"webpage","title":"Firearms at Work: Good Precaution or Bad Policy?","container-title":"Default","URL":"https://www.hrci.org/community/blogs-and-announcements/hr-leads-business-blog/hr-leads-business/2019/10/04/how-should-employers-treat-guns-at-the-workplace","language":"en","author":[{"family":"Chiappetta","given":"Clare"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2019",10]]},"accessed":{"date-parts":[["2019",11,5]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Chiappetta). Thus, there is need for the human resource to device policies that ensure the safety at work places. The idea of keeping guns in the work place is quite dreadful but the policies should be based on proper evaluation of the consequences. There should be a proper regulation of the guns usage especially in the states where it has been allowed as per the parking lot laws.

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ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"uncited":[],"omitted":[],"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Chiappetta, Clare. “Firearms at Work: Good Precaution or Bad Policy?” Default, Oct. 2019, https://www.hrci.org/community/blogs-and-announcements/hr-leads-business-blog/hr-leads-business/2019/10/04/how-should-employers-treat-guns-at-the-workplace.

Sorkin, Andrew Ross. “‘Simply Unacceptable’: Executives Demand Senate Action on Gun Violence.” The New York Times, 12 Sept. 2019. NYTimes.com, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/business/dealbook/gun-background-checks-business.html.

Sparkman, David. “Can You Keep Guns Out of Your Workplace?” EHS Today, 7 Jan. 2019, https://www.ehstoday.com/environment/can-you-keep-guns-out-your-workplace.