‘You shouldn’t have had a firearm here. After this is done he needs to be escorted off the property. He’s not welcome back here.” That was the reaction of an un-named General Motors employee after Didarul Sarder used his lawfully concealed handgun to safe the life of Stephanie Kerr after she’d been attacked and stabbed multiple times by another woman at GM’s technical center in Warren, Michigan earlier this week. Sarder was a valet for a subcontractor at the GM facility when the incident occurred. And while Government Motors may not think much of his decision to carry on the job (in Detroit…go figure), the local mayor and police chief have good things to say about him . . .
Police and Mayor of Warren Jim Fouts say Sarder is a hero who should be honored.
“Had it not been for his quick action and quick thinking, pulling out his concealed weapon, she might have been murdered on site,” Fouts said.
Despite being out of work, Sarder told fox2detroit that he has no regrets.
“I would do it all over again,” he said. “If I could save this woman’s life over a job. I can get another job.”
Agreed +1
I hope someone will see the good in this and offer him better employment. This after a coworker of mine received a death threat today…oh and I work in a weapons free workplace.
I will hire him immediately if he is willing to move to Iowa.
Hats off to you, dude. Good luck in your job hunt.
And FUCK GM.
Yeah, GM has a big company mindset.
For some reason they’re worried about the liability of a workplace shooting, but not killing people with ignition switches. Go figure.
Not only that, but their unarmed, contracted security is a joke. They can’t even keep competitors with cameras out of their facilities. I never trusted them to keep guns out, which is why I always carried on the proving grounds when I briefly worked for them.
Yeah, GM has a big government mindset.
There. FIFY.
Excellent point. Next time they go bankrupt let’s just put them out of our misery.
Wait a minute–he’s black. He can’t be a “concealed carrier”, they are all white male racists. And misogynists, too, so why would he worry about saving a woman’s life? Story can’t be true, just ask Shannon.
Based on the name, I’d guess his ancestry is from SW Asia, not Africa.
He has not been fired, he has just been reassigned to a different site. GM contracted out the valet. Yes, GM sucks. NO, he didn’t lose his job. For goodness’ sake TTAG, do a little bit of journalistic research before hitting the “post” button.
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/macomb/2016/02/10/general-motors-tech-center-stabbing/80172408/
“GM spokesman Michael Albano said Wednesday afternoon that neither GM nor the valet service contracted by GM has fired anyone.”
My FUCK GM stands.
How about “Go to Hell, GM, Go to Hell.”
The Fox2 Detroit report in the link, with video, says he was fired. So calm down.
Try reading the article below the video. GM did not fire him. As an employee of a subcontractor (“vendor”), GM had no power to fire him. Whether or not the vendor fired him or reassigned him is an unanswered question.
http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/88534885-video
He’s not fired, he just can’t work with GM anymore. There’s such a big difference!
/epic sarcasm
GM = disgusting for firing this guy. This is what our country has become. WEAK.
GM did not and could not fire him. He was not a GM employee. All GM could do was to ban him from GM’s property–which it did.
Mark N.: Bravo Sierra. Which is what all GM products are.
Which is why I won’t be replacing my CRV with a GMC Truck as I had planned.
So this happened in Warren, not Detroit, about 13 miles between the two, and if this had happened at Ford or FIAT Chrysler or any other large company it would have been exactly the same same result. Not sure why everyone is shocked that he got canned. Yes, he’s the hero, no question, but it’s a posted “Criminal Entitlement Zone”, you break the rule, you pay the price.
EDIT: My wife works at the GM Tech Center, and she said more people were worked up about the guy having a gun, rather than mother and daughter in a knife assult.
She must have been well liked at work that her coworkers would have rather seen her dead than saved by a guy with a gun.
Considering that it is clear that your wifes co-workers would rather see her dead then saved by a man with CCW I think I might suggest she find better work.
If you read this carefully, you will see that this guy did not work for GM, but for one of their vendors, and he may even have been a subcontractor providing transportation services to the vendor. GM did not fire him. At the most, they initially asked him (maybe ordered him) to leave the premises, where the shooting occurred. It’s not even clear, if the person who asked him to leave even had the authority to make this decision. If he was fired, it was by the contract vendor or their subcontractor, so go ahead and boycott S+Valet.
where the shooting occurred
There was no shooting.
Only logical conclusion: GM would rather the victim have died from the attack.
Looks like he needs a firearm there.
Pretty amazing that the GM employee has more hatred for lawful gun owners than caring for the saving of a person’s life. – And he is immediately ready to embrace more victims of such with his ridiculous actions.
GM would rather the victim have died from the attack.
What do you expect from a company that would rather have its customers die than replace a faulty ignition switch?
Her death would have solved a headcount problem…
“I would do it all over again,” he said. “If I could save this woman’s life over a job. I can get another job.”
That is the most honorable thing I have heard in a long time.
ditto. Honor is currently in very short supply.
This.
I hope someone hears the story and hires him for a better position.
‘ cent that was a low level employee who was over ruled .
Way to go, someone who holds life in a little higher regard than GM does. Hopefully someone up there hears this and offers him a replacement gig.
GM wasn’t upset that he had a gun. The problem is that it didn’t have a defective trigger.
Don’t you mean defective ignition switch?
Apparently it did have a defective trigger. It didn’t fire.
Just wait until they force smart guns on us. At some point, some gun manufacturer is going to get caught rigging the software so the guns pass inspection.
Over my dead body.
A smart gun mandate is no different that an outright ban. No different.
Treat it accordingly.
Statement: “You shouldn’t have had a firearm here. After this is done he needs to be escorted off the property. He’s not welcome back here.”
Answer: “He saved a life, you submoronic, repulsive dumbsh!t. What the hell have you done except waste oxygen and pollute the universe with your mouth-breathing offspring? You should be kissing Sarder’s ass and begging his forgiveness for your unrelenting stupidity.”
Strongly worded argument to follow.
Well he(she) was most likely a koolaid-drinking UAW member; just touting the union (Democratic) party line…….
Wait. So inquiring minds want to know…
Did the lady who did the stabby thing get fired too? Or is she on paid leave pending the outcome of the investigation cause she is protected by the UAW.
The lady who was stabbed was the employee. The one who did the stabbing was her daughter.
So GM can say this wasn’t workplace violence. It was domestic violence.
I’m sure GM will take care of this since it happened on their property to their employee. Oh yeah… they have no liability for creating an unsafe gun free zone. I feel sorry for the victim.
“…if it just saves one life…”
Since I wrote off GM some years ago, I can’t damage them further except to say f*** GM and the clunker they rode in on!
Stop the autoplay spam please
He was fired, but he was later rehired when some higher level management over-ruled the toolbag who fired him.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/02/11/worker-fired-for-carrying-gun-on-company-property-given-job-back.html
The real question now is, does he want to go back to a job where he will be told he can’t be armed?
I suspect he will get some job offers from a more enlightened company because of this…
Yup, someone with sense and a bit of savvy took over. BUT the lesson remains… you are only allowed to have a gun if you happen to use it at that second to save someone’s life. Otherwise you’re fired.
My last actual job prohibited employees from carrying. I carried anyway. Every day. All the time. Because you are only allowed to have a gun if you don’t get caught. And if you do get caught, you lose your job but get to keep your freedom.
Also, a pink slip is better than a toe tag any day.
As if I didn’t already have 85 billion reasons to never, ever give GM one red cent of my money.
Ah Detroit! The Democrat-run Liberal Worker’s Paradise for more than a half century.
Where labor is cheap and life is even cheaper.
Reason number 10,001 not to buy a Government Motors (GM) car.
Back in the day, looooong before the bailout, we used to call it “General Murder.”
All you guys are bagging on GM for being anti gun. I’d be willing to bet every major auto manufacturer has the same gun policy regarding its property. What’s everybody going to do, walk or ride a bicycle everywhere? Wait, I’ll bet Schwinn has same policy. Wait, Nike probably does too. You wind up boycotting every single company. Just carry everywhere and don’t give a crap about what any company, gov’t, person, entity has to say.
No doubt about it, there is a major problem with journalism these days.Also the current trend of rushing to judge based on the initial information people get.
Then the actual story comes out and everyone just drifts off topic.
What an absolute mess!
Inaccurate reporting is vile and the primary reason for civil unrest.
Glad this hero stepped up and saved the day. God bless him. Also, very disappointed in gm.
$2500 to activate a feature already present? WTH!
Now wait a minute here. It can’t possibly be the daughters fault. I mean, she took a blade to that gun free zone to stick her mother. Im sure the antis will applaud her for that…
In my humblest of opinions, the world is getting worse and worse and this type of thing will happen more and more- In that, I mean assaults and attempted murders and robberies and random attacks by lions and tigers and bears (wait for it …….. keep waiting ….. ok now….. OH MY!) are only going to increase and “random people” aka innocent sheeples are going to be suffering these incidents more and more (one goes up the other obviously goes up, because they’re the same ….) So there will hopefully be plenty more good guys (and gals) able to provide help – lifesaving help , such as this gentleman provided, via the barrel of his firearm….. – and eventually the antis will see, the only thing that stops a bad guy (or gal! in this case especially!) is a good guy (or gal) with a gun!
Nope, there’s always gonna be idiots like 2asux, that’ll claim were all bad guys with guns trying to save the world, and killing innocents along the way.
That’s a wake up call that he worked for PC company that really didn’t care about him.
GM Death Watch has returned!
So GM has valet parking at work? Guess they put their Obama money to use effectively.
“…authorities think the daughter, who the mother said had some mental issues, was upset about something.”
My reaction when I read that?
I Am Jack’s Complete Lack of Surprise
** sarcasm on **
I am stunned! The obvious answer is that we need more KNIFE CONTROL. If we had that in place, this wouldn’t have happened!
Was it an evil “assault knife” with a black plastic handle? WHO NEEDS THOSE?!?!
She was mentally ill! We need background checks before *anyone* buys knives!! OMG!!!
** sarcasm off **
Another reason to buy a Ford instead of a Government Motors truck.
Wait. Didn’t he get his job back yesterday?
Legit brought tears to my eyes. To commandeer a popular phrase, keep calm and carry on.
Both of my GM vehicles are beyond used (my C1500 is 26 years old, the Bravada is 18), and bought from private sellers. So GM didn’t get a dime from their purchase.
The company I work for welcomes conceal or open carriers, as long as they’re not employees. Employees aren’t allowed to have firearms on the property at any time. Not locked up in their locked vehicle, not carried when off the clock and out of uniform, whether they posses a license to carry or not. It’s instant termination if discovered.
You need to update this. GM apologized and he has his job back.
For good sense’ sake, promote the man and pay for concealed carry training for anyone he chooses!
Anyone with an ounce of sense would be bragging that at their job place, employees protect other employees against violence.
Nothing personal about you all who think GM is in the wrong, but…… I worked for a GM division 35-40 yrs ago and also worked for a company that carried out a specific service for GM. Some of those employees are the last people who need or would you desire to have firearms. I’m sure many did have them in their vehicles. At the time, GM did not necessarily hire to most upstanding people at some of their plants. Working day in and day out breathing oily fumes, or fine sand particles, or pouring molten metal for twenty-five or thirty years (retirement time) and doing it in a variety of weather conditions, subzero temps to hot boiling summer days (and the interior of the plants are at their hottest during the second shift). And then you have someone pissed off at a fellow employee for last nights card game, pool game, or porking his wife. Yeah, they may bring in a weapon, but you surely don’t want it with them legally. I’m all for concealed carry, but maybe, just not in all places.