Popular Pizza Company Supports Delivery Driver’s Defensive Gun Use

Jan 13, 2016 | 3 comments

Woman delivering pizzas was forced to the ground at gunpoint, luckily she had a gun

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We’ve seen many other instances where pizza delivery drivers were robbed, shot, raped or killed while on the job, and yet many pizza companies refuse to let their drivers be armed to protect themselves.

Papa John’s doesn’t allow their delivery drivers to carry either, yet when they announced they were standing by their delivery driver in this instance, maybe they’ll have second thoughts in the future about allowing their employees to be armed. Read more on the article here.

Papa John’s Pizza is standing by a pizza delivery woman who opened fire Sunday on an armed robber in an act of self defense.

 

The pizza franchise told FoxNews.com Thursday the employee, who hasn’t been named, will not be fired from the company.

 

The employee was making a delivery in Decatur, Ga., Sunday night when a man approached her vehicle, forcing her onto the ground at gunpoint, according to the DeKalb County Police Department. The woman, who had a gun in her pocket, was able to fire at the man while on the ground — striking the alleged assailant, identified as 24-year-old Donquaz Stevenson, in the face.

Who knows how this could have turned out if this woman had not been armed, which was actually against her companies policy. If pizza companies know 150x300_emailerthey are sending their employees into dangerous and high-crime areas they should make sure their employees are protected.

There’s been several instances where female deliver drivers were kidnapped and raped while on the job, and other employees have even been killed. Domino’s Pizza put one of their drivers on leave after his defensive gun use last year.

After reading about that I no longer brought my business there and encouraged others to do also. I love Papa John’s Pizza so it’s a relief that I don’t have to boycott them too…

 

Author: Annie Stonebreaker

Annie is attending North Idaho College for a degree in journalism and is enjoying writing about everything guns for Defend and Carry. She finds our right to bear arms imperative and can get quite spicy on the topic. In her spare time she loves reading, playing outdoors, any water activities, eating sweet treats, eating in general, playing music or spending time with her Fiance, and being surrounded by good friends, conversation and laughter.

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  • alvaro

    Good for Pappa Johns

  • Johnny

    I find that interesting considering that my local Papa John’s store bans concealed carry even though they had an employee shot and killed there during a robbery.

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  • RamRoddoc

    I contacted Papa Johns CS. They need to know and be aware of when they do well.

    “I personally would like to thank the Decatur Papa Johns management for not firing the female delivery pizza who was forced on the ground at gun point, who then used her personal firearm to shoot her attacker 24-year-old Donquaz Stevenson right in the face.

    He deserved that and she deserves to be retained and NOT punished as other companies have done (Dominos-I REFUSE TO SUPPORT THEM).

    Fact: armed citizens shoot more criminals and less innocent bystanders than trained police. Fact: permitted firearms carriers have lower crime rates than the rest of the public and shockingly, most won’t believe it, fact that vetted permit carriers have lower crime rates than vetted police officers. Both are very low. So when you hire a driver with a weapons permit they are “MODEL CITIZENS”.

    Thank you again for your support of this brave lady who survived. //defendandcarry.com/popular-pizza-company-supports-delivery-drivers-defensive-gun-use/

    Sincerely,

    XXXXXX XXXXXX, XXXX
    U.S. Army-Retired
    XXXXXX XXXX, GA. XXXXX.”