Posted on 01/15/2015 2:47:30 PM PST by Mount Athos
A few years back in Louisiana, we had a seminary student who was delivering pizzas at night who was shot and killed :-(
Unfortunately, any person or business with deep pockets that gets involved in a self-defense shooting, no matter how clearly justifiable, is apt to get sued and risk having a jury sympathize with the victim. The most reliable way in today's legal climate for a company to avoid such a thing is for it to make clear that a employee who does anything with a firearm does so in violation of company policy, and thus cannot be construed in any way as having done so on the company's behalf.
The proper remedy would be to have a states amend their tort laws to shield companies from liability when their employees use firearms for personal defense during the course of their duties, while making companies which forbid weapons liable for the safety of their customers and employees while on the premises, or while en route to or from the nearest practical place where weapons can be stored. If e.g. a jewelry store wishes to require that customers check weapons and accept liability in the event that its guards are unable to protect customers from robbers, that should be its prerogative, but companies should be encouraged to minimize liability by simply allowing employees and customers to protect themselves.
i bet if it was a guy they would have fired him.
Corporate culture takes a while to change. The best bet would be at first for the corporation to “not encourage the carrying of firearms, but leaving the policy in the hands of franchise owners and state laws.”
If phrased properly, this would soothe their lawyers’ fears of litigation, especially if the corporation could be legally insulated from their franchises.
Then, putting those lawyers to good use, have them prepare a draft agreement that their franchise owners could use when allowing their people to be armed on the job. Basically a policy statement that emphasizes the importance of the employees lives and health, while downplaying the idea of “defending the pizza (or the money) with your life”.
I’ll go slowly Mr. K.
Buy their pizza AFTER they abolish their ridiculous policy of prohibiting employees from using firearms in the course of their duties.
Big whip they didn’t fire her. They didn’t fire her because they all-of-a-sudden believe in the God-given right to defend oneself. They announced that they didn’t fire her because it was a marketing opportunity.
Buying Papa John’s pizza is like supporting the Taliban.
I’ll go slowly too...
bite me ass hole
What the hell is going on at FR that no one can participate in an intelligent discussion without throwing in some smarmy put-down or insult
Is that slow enough for you DICKHEAD?
I knew of one tough guy pizza deliveryman who worked in a bad red zone, and expected to be robbed, so when carrying a pizza it would be resting atop his ‘drop gun’.
He figured that if somebody tried to rob him, he would plug them, then he would take their gun and wallet as recompense.
Good news.
Ubangi fo' "Affican Prince" no doubt.
No charges, she must have had a 40 point Buck stamp on her license....
Papa John’s should announce all their delivery people are armed.....
DQ should be eliminated.
Exactly. Keeping your powder dry is often the wise thing to do until the dust finally settles.
Great idea.
Being a pizza connoisseur....I've almost come to the conclusion...I can update a frozen pizza to my liking.
I live in a pizza desert...
Might be another pizza thread in the making.....
I could at some Tulsa area places....
She hit him....didn’t kill him.
They come up with the names after drinking a few 40’s, and they spell them as they slur them... *Hic*
It's still crap. But you do have a point ... there's worse crap out there.
Anyone want to add..to this idea?
Maybe if that killer had a spiritual value or two he wouldn’t have killed the young working father. Then again fighting evil's not as much fun as being a rock star to liberal elites.
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