When work goes against your beliefs

[Bluesman]

Personally, I will not preform for any (persons/events) that violate my beliefs.
But we all have our own stories.
Let your conscience be your guide.

[Inkman]

I'm sure there are many folks here working for a company or organization that is publicly anti 2A. I certainly don't hear about them quitting their jobs in protest though.


Al

[RP1911]

"....Your ethical boundaries set clear limits on what you will do when you
are tempted or are under pressure or when you start rationalizing a
series of marginal decisions. ..., your moral compass will kick in when you reach your limits and tell you it is time to pull back, even if the personal sacrifices may be significant. ..."

[keenkeen]

Said the soldiers committing every genocide in human history.

Yup...no faulty comparison there.

[JackRydden224]

OP if you can't find a good way to turn the job down then I recommend you to take it. You do not want to be out of work. You simply live to fight another day. Who knows, you might be come a big time celebrity one day allowing you to do more for 2A because you didn't burn the bridges.

Think long term.

EDIT: I don't know if you are single or you have a family to look after. If you have a family then you probably want to just take the job.

[stonefly-2]

go into the belly of the beast, learn what you can, take names and do your best.
do you remember that guy that did the psa where he was sitting on a tailgate pointing a gun towards what were portrayed as his kids?
if he weren't truly an anti he could have enjoyed his 15 min. of fame.
no publicity is bad publicity, come out afterwards about what you truly believe you might get an unexpected boost to your career.
let them sue you, i'm sure you can arrange representation and underwriting ahead of time.
you are in a position to do some damage, you know who to call right?

[Ronin2]

Work is work. If you are in the entertainment business then you know the believes before you started. I have friends who are in the same business as you and they just treat work as work. If you are going to burn some bridges that puts you out of work that also means you will be out of the Pro-2A fight. You can't fight without money.

You don't want to end up without a job.

Lets hope at least SOME LEO's won't share this opinion when the order comes down to start confiscating the weapons owned by law abiding gun owners. Also, worth mentioning, an excuse heard often at Nuremburg in 1946.

Then there is also the riskier strategy of taking the job, wearing pro gun clothing to the job, sharing a pro gun opinion ONLY IF ASKED, and the sue for discriminate when you are fired after being given the job...

[Loubot10]

Why is against "gun violence" being translated as anti-gun?

If the work isn't the latter, I don't see a conflict.

[Lone_Gunman]

If you can honestly respect yourself if you take the gig then do it. If not, don't. You are the only one who has to live with yourself. If you are truely betraying your heartfelt principles for money, well I can't respect that, but I don't have to live with it.

[j-shot]

Take the job, and their money.

Spend your pay on a firearm.

Rinse, repeat.

[JackRydden224]

Lets hope at least SOME LEO's won't share this opinion when the order comes down to start confiscating the weapons owned by law abiding gun owners. Also, worth mentioning, an excuse heard often at Nuremburg in 1946.

Then there is also the riskier strategy of taking the job, wearing pro gun clothing to the job, sharing a pro gun opinion ONLY IF ASKED, and the sue for discriminate when you are fired after being given the job...

Great comparison. OP's gig is to confiscate guns, got it. He is sure to go out there to strip someone of their right. You are comparing apples to oranges.

[Ronin2]

Take the job, and their money.

Spend your pay on a firearm.

Rinse, repeat.

And if you become "the face of gun control", have fun explaining yourself every time you are at the range or walk into a gun store.

[twinfin]

Just remember, you cannot undo your decision. You know what is at stake with the effort to get guns out of the hands of U.S. citizens. Gun control schemes only benefit violent criminals or politicians with criminal plans in mind. Don't be party to something that only seems small now, but leads to a terrible end game.

Always take the moral high road. Do what you know is right even if there is some personal pain involved.

I know what it is like to take a moral, principled stand in the work place in the face of stiff opposition. In the end, you will have a greater positive impact on people as well as keep your own self respect intact by taking a stand compared to those who just go with the flow and just "follow orders."

[wecf]

When they knock on you door and tell you to rat on your neighbor for a reward will you do it then also?

There is a word for it and that word is "traitor"

[RuskieShooter]

This above all - to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.

-William Shakespeare (Hamlet, Act I, Scene 3)

See, actors do get it...

-Ruskie