Really?

This appears so outrageous and insupportable, my spider sense is tingling. [More]

My first inclination as a past HOA officer was to check the CC&Rs.  The only mention of firearms is prohibiting their discharge, and a rational reading of that would conclude that's for reasons other than self-defense.

The detailed explanation is problematic:

7.2. Discharge of firearms in the subdivision, except by properly appointed security officers and law enforcement officers acting in their official capacity, is prohibited. A Firearm is defined as anything capable of discharging a projectile to include but not be limited to, firearms, BB-guns, pellet guns and slingshots.

Well, screw them, but that wouldn't hold up in a DGU situation. It sounds like some idiot on the board or with the management company just dropped that in and didn't think things through. The point being, guns are not prohibited at Lakes of the Four Seasons within the homes, and there appear to be no restrictions on transporting or carrying them, not that any legitimate authority exists for them to do that.

As for the fired "seasonal employee," meaning he evidently did not live on LOHS premises, this whole story just sounds ... incomplete.  I'd love to see it fleshed out more, including reading a copy of the complaint and hearing the company's side. Without further information, I'm reserving judgment.

[Via Neil W]