Armed Pizza Delivery

Gun Watch ^ | 5 February, 2014 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

Pizza delivery people have a very dangerous job.  I do not know that anyone has quantified how often they get in vehicle accidents, or how often they are held up, beat up, or killed by robbers, but it seems to be a regular occurrence.  A little known fact is that the modern bullet resistant vest was invented because of a pizza delivery holdup that turned into a shootout.   Richard Davis, who invented the Second Chance vest, and made a company and a fortune out of it, used to deliver pizzas.   He carried a gun in a spare pizza box under the one that he was delivering.   After the gun fight, he realized how vulnerable he was, and the modern bullet resistant vest was the result.

 I track as many defensive gun uses (DGU) as I can find on the blog Gun Watch.  It is not a comprehensive list, just those that come to my attention.  In 2013, I recorded pizza  DGUs in February, March,  August, September, and  October.  These mostly involve serious wounding or worse, so it seems likely that the most common kind of scenario, where the robber sees the gun and runs off, does not make the papers or the Internet.   I suspect that most of the time, it is not even reported.

Some pizza companies have "no gun" policies, but some are seeing the utility of defensive firearms and are supportive of their employees being able to defend their lives.   From wishtv.com:

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Bill Bruton spent Super Bowl Sunday delivering pizzas all over Indianapolis for Aunt Polly’s Pizza. But when Bruton hits the road to make a delivery, he’s carrying more than a pizza. He’s also carrying a gun.

“I’ve got a lifetime permit and I carry,” he said.

The manager at Aunt Polly’s said their drivers have carried for years.
“As long as they have gun permits,” said manager Jeff White.

Not everyone allows their employees to carry weapons. But restaurants are reviewing their safety policies after two pizza delivery drivers were shot and killed in Indianapolis in two weeks.

The trend is to allow employees, as much as any other human being, the right to defend their lives against the human and animal predators that would prey on them.  

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[marktwain]

Pizza delivery drivers get into armed confrontations with considerable regularity.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Trust me, if I get to a point I’m delivering pizza, my Glock will be prominently on display.

[Above My Pay Grade]

So now I guess the question is “How much ammo is a suitable tip for your pizza delivery guy”?

[morphing libertarian]

When you call the order in, they will inform you of the correct caliber. And please extra sauce on mine.

[real saxophonist]

bump for later

[basil]

I sure wish they operated in my part of the country—I’d order from them very often………

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

So now I guess the question is “How much ammo is a suitable tip for your pizza delivery guy”?

Now there's a hell of an idea.

"$27.50...here you go. Say...what caliber you carrying son?"
"Nine mil, sir."
"Excellent. Would a tip of say...a box of twenty, 115 grain JHP be sufficient?"
"Yes sir! It would indeed."

[Fester Chugabrew]

No one has ever delivered an armed pizza to my home. Go figure.

[Antihero101607]

“So now I guess the question is “How much ammo is a suitable tip for your pizza delivery guy”?”

If memory serves me right, the inventor of the Kevlar vest was a pizza delivery guy.