Posted by Eugene Volokh: Firings for Self-Defense: http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_06_12-2005_06_18.shtml#1118688078
[1]Prof. Bainbridge offers a dissenting opinion to [2]the West Virginia Supreme Court's decision. I think his argument is quite powerful, though I think it's weakened by the "gun nut" references. You don't have to be a "gun nut" or a "nut" of any sort to want to defend yourself against a criminal, to applaud others who do so, or even to endorse limitations on employment at will when people are fired for exercising their right to self-defense. Conversely, one can conclude that employers should be free to set up their own rules here, or even conclude that employers are wise to set up a no-self-defense (or no-self-defense-with-guns) rule -- a matter on which I express no opinion here -- without condemning the other side as "gun nuts." References 1. http://www.professorbainbridge.com/2005/06/at_will_employm.html 2. http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_06_05-2005_06_11.shtml#1118499071 _______________________________________________ Volokh mailing list [email protected] http://highsorcery.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volokh
