UPDATED | Manatee Commission to consider letting employees conceal and carry guns at work

Opposition promises to fight proposal at Tuesday's meeting

UPDATED, July 27, 2022

Marc R. Masferrer @MRMasferrer

.@ManateeGov commissioners advance proposal to allow county staff to conceal carry

thebradentontimes.comBOCC Advances Proposal to Allow County Staff to Conceal CarryThe Manatee County Board of Commissioners decided to move forward with discussions and a future plan to implement a county employee policy that would permit county employees who possess a concealed carry license permit to arm themselves while

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The 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not give Manatee County government employees the right to carry a concealed weapon, even if they have a license, according to a memorandum from the county attorney’s office to the Board of County Commissioners.

But there is nothing in state law that prohibits the county commission from adopting rules and regulations that would allow employee, other than law enforcement, from carrying concealed gun while on the taxpayers’ dime, County Attorney William Clague wrote in the memo, dated July 15.