CCW and Census Workers

[mnoe82]

Oh I CAN'T BELIEVE I didn't post this earlier. All Census employees are required to take the Uniformed Services Oath of Office.

I, [name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God

Strange?

[mtneer13]

as a full time fed.gov employee for 18 yrs, i can tell you this...if you are travelling in a gov't vehicle(which i doubt you are) you will lose your job if caught...i know people in TN that did anyway, but were discrete and also in pot/moonshine country...we all fear for our lives, driving a us gov't vehicle makes you a target...

i have a ccw as well and i don't carry period...my job pays too well for me to compromise my job and where i have to go is not as bad, although some facilities are out in the sticks...my job is totally different from house to house collecting data though...hopefully i won't be put in harm's way where i'll need my weapon, but one never knows...

[austinN4]

I don't know the factual answer to your question but I would be shocked if there were not a prohibition against carrying a weapon while perforning your federal duties.

I am a volunteer with a local PD and I am expecitly not allowed to carry concealed while performing my duties in the community.

[ST911]

People put waaaaaay too much effort into this stuff.

[Alpha Sierra]

Best paying job in the new America.

Some things are worth more than money.

[Trajan]

If I were in your place, I would think like this:
Do you want to die a good citizen, or have the ability to defend your life as a "criminal"?

[Avenger29]

Oh I CAN'T BELIEVE I didn't post this earlier. All Census employees are required to take the Uniformed Services Oath of Office.



Strange?

Not strange. I took the same oath when I entered employment with the Nat'l Park Service (and note that it was not an LE job). Now, did any of my supervisors uphold that oath...hell no.

I think it's pretty standard procedure across the board to take the oath when entering Federal service.

People put waaaaaay too much effort into this stuff.

I agree.

as a full time fed.gov employee for 18 yrs, i can tell you this...if you are travelling in a gov't vehicle(which i doubt you are) you will lose your job if caught..

One of the things that I worried about when I had my federal job was that I would be fired (real easy to fire temporary/seasonal employees and student employees, especially at the supervisor's whim) and that would effectively block me from any form of desirable employment...no matter how much explanation I offered.

[ZDL]

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[Macx]

I'd count it as a badge of honor to fired from census worker for CCW... Maybe that's just me.

Yup. Though I am still feeling a little bad that they didn't hire me. I am too icky .. .. er, outspoken maybe. In anycase, I'd feel better about being fired by them than never hired at all. YMMV.

Had I been hired I would have carried, they probably would pay unemployment regardless of why you were fired & even if they didn't, better that than dead. True enough there are places in this country where you can just simply vanish & no number of CSI shows to the contrary are gonna make it less true.

[mnoe82]

Well, it doesn't matter anymore! I just got a phone call and turns out they fired my manager and promoted me to her position. No more door to door. Entry level employee to regional supervisor, not bad for 3 days on the job huh?