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Re: Boycott Pizza Hut . . .

Posted By: Traveller (24.237.212.208)
Date: Monday, 21 April 2008, at 12:20 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Boycott Pizza Hut . . . (J242)

: Yeah, I hear that. That's also very true about the no weapons policy, who
: knows how long it's been in place but one would imagine that in changing a
: policy or adding one such as that, all drivers would be notified of it.
: Maybe not though and if that was the case, then Pizza Hut would have no
: right firing him as it didn't make it clear to the employee he couldn't
: carry a weapon but we don't know those details...

Of course if they let him know or it was in place when he was hired then he knew the risks. I support his right to defend himself completely, and I think it is a crappy thing for PH to fire him, but it is possible they followed their policy.

: That's rare and you know it. Someone jacking someone will take the cash,
: grub, car, whatever and usually flee or they are just going to go up,
: shoot the person and THEN take their stuff.

Actually, it's not so rare that it doesn't happen with regularity. Some people just have no conscience.

Granted this is an assumption
: on my part however based on the stories I see in the Seattle crime beat,
: that is the overwhelming majority of cases. Pre-meditated killing or
: simply jacking and running. In the case of kill-first, the driver having a
: gun likely wouldn't help any as how is he to know he's about to get shot
: until he sees what's happening which, if the assailant is insistent, he'd
: never have time to do in the first place.

But in this case it appears that the punk drew first, and then the driver returned fire (we don't know if the punk got off any rounds) and thus thwarted a robbery and perhaps a killing.

: Yes, but you also make the assumption that all holdups and thefts result in
: murder and that simply is not the truth.

No, I'm not making that assumption. I'm just saying the driver is alive for certain, and if the punk was intent on killing him he would be dead. The driver and his family don't have to say "what if?"

If anything, pulling a gun out in defense is more likely to have the other person pull the trigger in
: reverse defense.

Uh, please sir, some statistics to back that up. I've heard that bandied about, but have never seen any proof.

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