This is another of those disingenuous uses of a term that do not reflect the statistics. By what you read from Moms, 550 people are killed at work by co-workers that lost their minds, joined the NRA, bought a machine gun at the local 7-11 and went on to massacre innocent people.

But what is the reality?

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,  from 1997 to 2010 there were 8,666 murders in the workplace. Out of those, 6,520 were by robberies and  894 by work associate.

Wait, you didn’t know that plain old armed robberies were considered Workplace Violence? I wonder why they don’t mention that.  Pizza delivery man robbed and killed for $20 and a pepperoni pizza? Workplace Violence.  Gas station clerk working the night shift attacked by a couple of armed thugs? Workplace Violence. Owner of a small bodega hammered to a pulp by a crackhead? Workplace Violence. And why you should be amazed? The attack in Forth Hood by Hasan Nidal was classified as Workplace Violence too!

But…but… we know there is good violence. The violence we must use to defend ourselves is good, the one that criminals use to gain profit is bad, therefore:

Bad Workplace Violence….

Good Workplace Violence…

Kidding aside (somewhat) anybody who play with words and makes life easier for criminals by supporting the stupid notion that an employee cannot defend himself because of a silly/lawyer-ed business policy and then confuse the issue with false imagery is basically an accomplice prior to the crime.