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[weerdbeard]

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I don't know why ANY pizza delivery driver wouldn't carry a gun. Also I'm disgusted how several major pizza chains have polices that require their drivers to be defenseless as they bring pizza and cash to strange locations

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Pizza Chains and Guns

[anonymous]

I am a delivery driver for one of the major pizza chains here in the U.S. Although I have a concealed carry license, and shoot enough to be a decent shot with my choice of concealed carry pistol (basic 1911), I am not allowed to carry concealed due to the policies of my employer. I do what I can to minimize the risk, of course - I stay in Condition Orange when going to a new house or meeting people, limit the amount of cash I have on me, etc. It helps (somewhat) that I work in a smaller town, with nowhere near the problems of a big city, and that my employer has several well-publicized policies that limit the amount of cash drivers are allowed to carry, therefore (hopefully) minimizing the risk of being robbed.

I still don't like it.

Re: Pizza Chains and Guns

[weerdbeard]

Yeah, Delivery driver, Pharmacist, Convenience store clerk, and real-estate agent are jobs that I personally would carry every time, all the time, regardless of company policy. Too much shit goes wrong for those people too damn often for me to not carry.

Of course that's a really rough decision, but personally I'd weigh my chases of my piece getting discovered by an employer/employee with the chances of me being in a situation of needing the piece to defend my life.

I'd further augment it by making the gun one of the pieces that are REALLY easy to hide away like a subcompact revolver, or the micro .380s or 9mms.

I've also seen a guy on youtube who is pimping his smartcarry, and shows how well it hides a piece by putting on a Midsize Glock, then taking off his shirt and wandering around the room wearing just his running shorts.

Re: Pizza Chains and Guns

[anonymous]

You're right, it was a rough decision for me to arrive at, and I do reevaluate it every time I go in to work. I have a better idea than most of the relative crime rates of the areas I deliver in, and that played a huge part in my decision. Another thing that plays a part in it is the fact that I often (at least several times a week, if not daily) deliver into areas that are flat out illegal for me to carry a gun to - courthouses, schools, and other "publicly owned or operated buildings."

It is all up to the individual - just trying to explain why I came to the decision I did, and why other drivers do the same.

[ext_221292]

I don't think that I could work certain jobs without carrying - food delivery, convenience-store clerk, that sort of thing. My life is more important than a company's stupid-ass policy, so I'd go with the deep-concealment option that I typically use anyway and keep my mouth shut.

-Sarah

[weerdbeard]

Hell I'm sitting in the office with a 1911 commander in a shoulder rig balanced by two 8-round Wilson mags, and there are only two people here that have any idea as far as I know.

But also if the powers that be find out, they can't do shit without writing a new contract, so I'm not as concerned as I would be if it specifically said bringing a heater to the office was grounds for termination.

[ext_105173]

Yeah, Delivery driver, Pharmacist, Convenience store clerk, and real-estate agent are jobs that I personally would carry every time, all the time, regardless of company policy. Too much shit goes wrong for those people too damn often for me to not carry.

Yeah, my life is more important than my job. Depending on the job and area in question I'd definitely carry regardless of company policy. What they don't know won't hurt them, and I'd rather be alive and fired than dead because I didn't carry.

Remember, as Breda said, "Carry your gun, it's a lighter burden than regret."