Concealed Carry: Increased Danger (and Work Comp Claims) in the Workplace?

Wisconsin's Concealed Carry LawWisconsin’s “concealed carry” bill was signed into law on July 8, 2011, which allows qualified state residents to carry concealed weapons. The bill becomes effective November 1, 2011.

The ability to carry weapons includes places of employment, with the exception of certain public places (like courthouses).

This potential influx of weapons in the workplace has the potential to increase workplace danger and accidents—meaning the possibility of more worker’s compensation claims in Wisconsin. Unless the employee was injured through a force purely personal to them (for example: a jilted boyfriend tries to shoot his girlfriend at work), victims of gun violence at work would usually be covered under the Wisconsin worker’s compensation law.

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