So what's with this allowing employees business? If I feel the need, I do what I have to do. To the extent I am physically able, I try not to let the responsibility for my safety and welfare rest with others. I have a policy of "What they don't know won't get me in trouble" when it comes to discreetly carrying something with which to defend myself. Someone telling my kids it was against company policy just won't fix anything at my funeral.

I guess we all must decide at some point what is important in life. Some risks we must take in order to get by. I suppose if you chose a profession in which you are always going to face policies which put your fate into the hands of ignorant administrators, then you chose to give up the right to defend yourself while under their control in order to earn a living. Just as I took a big risk going to Iraq, or moving to New York, or heading to Orlando at the beginning of hurricane season so that I could make the big bucks that help keep both kids in college and the wife happy. So I guess I can't be too critical, as I am a sellout as well.