Columbia, Missouri: Library Board Approves Policy Allowing Employees to Carry Weapons
From The Missourian:
Library employees with valid concealed carry permits may bring weapons to work after the Daniel Boone Regional Library Board of Trustees unanimously approved the policy change Thursday. .
The board passed the policy after motioning to add a reference to the Missouri law that required the change, which took effect Jan. 1. The revised policy will loosen previous regulations that did not permit employees to carry firearms onto library property. Violation of the former policy may have resulted in immediate termination.
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Except for those carrying a weapon as a requirement of the job, the decision to have a gun at the library would be the employee’s personal choice. In addition, only the library director could ask employees whether they are carrying a gun or to provide evidence of a permit. All information would remain confidential.
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See Also: Library Board to Consider Policy Allowing Employees to Carry Weapons (June 12, 2017)
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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