WHAT?! Woman Allegedly FIRED For Having A Concealed Carry Permit- Gets Called A “Safety Risk”

I’m sorry… but I’m having a VERY hard time wrapping my mind around this…

I was fired today. From Roanoke City Social Services, serving as a damn good social worker. I was fired for having a concealed carry permit. Not the gun, the permit. I was escorted by 3 city police officers bc I am a “safety risk to the building”

— Storm Durham (@chelstorrm) March 10, 2018

“I was fired today. From Roanoke City Social Services, serving as a damn good social worker. I was fired for having a concealed carry permit. Not the gun, the permit. I was escorted by 3 city police officers bc I am a “safety risk to the building”

….what?

She posted about it on Facebook too.

I was fired today. I was fired by a Department of Virginia… Social Services the people who are supposed to be there to keep kids safe and develop families into better people for each other. I was fired today due to having a concealed carry permit. Was my gun on me? No. Has it ever been on me during my job, or visits, or anything related to work? No. When I told them that it has never been on me during work, what did they say? “How do we know that.” Search me. Do I have a criminal record? No. Do I, (yes the 22 year old blonde who is 5’2 and about 140 pounds who loves everything Disney, pink, and basic), come across as a threat to you? If you know me I’m pretty sure you’ve never been shaking in your boots due to my vary presence. But today, I was escorted by not one, not two, but three Roanoke City Police Officers to my office where I packed up months of thank you cards, and pictures of kids I’ve helped. I was escorted by officers who have been with me on visits where I placed a child with a relative due to risks, or when I was hugged by a child because they finally felt safe again. I was told to pack immediately and that I could not even use the bathroom to take a minute for myself because of my “serious safety concerns to the building.” I have a concealed carry permit. I own guns. I hunt. I target shoot. I represent Women hunters and outdoorswomen. Does that make me a criminal? Does that make me a safety risk to others? A big enough safety risk to be escorted by three Roanoke City Police officers? So scary and threatening that I need to be treated like a criminal? To be humiliated and looked down upon for owning a gun? For legally having a gun, registering that gun, and having the appropriate documentation for that gun?

The Constitution of the United States of America. The one document that has followed us for years, and will continue to be the power resource of all we do as Americans. The second amendment: the right to bear arms. The Roanoke City Department of Social Services should be ashamed of themselves. They should be publically known that they did this. That they fired a innocent, clean record, white, female, college graduate who works for a living for legally having, and owning a gun. That was NEVER on their property or in their building. A gun that was never used for evil, but as protection as I am a survivor or sexual assault. Protection for being that white, 22 year old, female. I am an American. A gun owner. And a proud sponsor of hunting across America, and I, nor my lawyers, judges, or support systems will rest until something is done. Until someone answers for punishing me and taking away my constitutional right.

How is this even POSSIBLE?! She allegedly didn’t have a gun with her or anything…she simply holds a COMPLETELY LEGAL permit.

If this is true we are entering very, VERY dangerous territory.

Miss Durham has tweeted to various high-profile conservatives…. and I get it. If this went down the way she says it went down, people NEED to know about it:

@realDonaldTrump I’m a 22 yr old, white, college grad female. I was fired today from Virginia Dept of Social Services for having a concealed carry. Not the gun, the permit. They fired a great social worker bc of my right. Escorted by 3 cops like a criminal. For my legal permit.

— Storm Durham (@chelstorrm) March 10, 2018

She sent the same message to @GregGutfeldShow, @IngrahamAngle, @ShannonBream, @seanhannity, @TuckerCarlson, @TheFive, and @kimguilfoyle as well.

She did NOT tweet any members of non-Conservative MSM… probably knowing they’d have very little interest in this in the first place.

Given the fact she’s obviously trying to get national media coverage for her story, some have put into question if this really happened, or if she’s embellishing the story for publicity. To that I say… Would you not want to do the same thing if something like this happened to you?

I’d be shouting it from the dang rooftops!

If she’s not being honest… the truth will come out quickly. So it’d be kind of an insane move to do all of this if it DIDN’T happen. It certainly won’t help her get any future jobs in her field, that’s for sure.

But if this IS what our society is coming to… it needs to be out in the open. Why would we protect those who would fire someone for holding an entirely legal concealed carry permit? THEY SHOULD BE EXPOSED.

She gives a little background on the whole thing. Apparently they’ve been on to her for a while:

I was called in my boss’s office around 2 months ago asking if I felt safe at home and if there is any DV bc it was brought to their attention we have guns in the home. LEGAL GUNS.

— Storm Durham (@chelstorrm) March 10, 2018

NONE of their business. We have many guns in my home as well. MILLIONS of law-abiding Americans do.

I didn’t even carry on the job or the property even though officers told me daily I should be carrying going into this homes alone.

— Storm Durham (@chelstorrm) March 10, 2018

She’s (was?) a Social Worker… so yeah… I could see that. I’ve heard from law enforcement officers that domestic calls tend to be the most dangerous they deal with… so I’d assume Social Workers may deal with some of the same. But she DIDN’T carry at work. So it’s NOT THEIR PROBLEM.

Any idea HOW they became “aware” of the legal guns in your home? That’s the primary concern to me….

— Andy Grab (@AOCDman44) March 10, 2018

I’m guessing social media. We are avid hunters

— Storm Durham (@chelstorrm) March 10, 2018

Fair enough. Regardless its still discriminatory and had no impact on how you do your job. I’m a case worker in Pennsylvania & thankfully it’s never come up here.

— Andy Grab (@AOCDman44) March 10, 2018

This doesn’t surprise me at all. I haven’t talked about it much out of respect for some former coworkers I DO care about… but at my former full-time job I was “outed” to everyone as a conservative and given HELL for nearly a year. It was brutal… I’ll talk about it more sometime. But yeah. Libs with a chip on their shoulders will stop at NOTHING to get you fired.

She also says she’ll sue the city…

Could be an excellent situation to extract funds from the city. I’d say they need to learn that lesson.

— Terry Tate ن (@Terrydtate) March 10, 2018

Oh suing for every penny

— Storm Durham (@chelstorrm) March 10, 2018

Of course… many are criticizing her for that, too…

Then you’re only taking funds from people taking funds from your neighbors. You’re not “teaching them”; they pay no price for being wrong. #DownsizeGovernment

— SeanTSlavik (@SlavikSean) March 10, 2018

So what should she do? Reward these blowhards by pretending it didn’t happen? No freaking way.

I know that to many of you, this will look like an attention thing. I get it.

But here’s the thing…

If this DID happen…

We CANNOT allow this kind of thing to happen in our country. This is MESSED. UP.

Another important thing? This is a CITY JOB. As in a GOVERNMENT JOB FIRED AN EMPLOYEE OVER THEIR CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT.

So yeah… if this is all true… it NEEDS to be exposed.