Anti-gun article in "Super Lawyers"

[MedWheeler]

DickP writes:

You're CEO of Pizza Shack. You know your employees are every bit as likely to be shot down in the line of duty as a police officer or cab driver. However, if your employee is pushed to the gravest extreme and pulls a firearm, you know his use of deadly force will be submitted to a legal factfinder who will determine that your employee's actions were either justified or unjustified. If his response was justified, you have, at best, an employee who doesn't need to be replaced. If unjustified, you have a legal $*@!storm of monumental proportions on your hands.

However, if you do everything you can as an employer to disarm your delivery guy, you minimize all of those financial risks to your enterprise. If he is murdered over the thirty dollars in his pocket, well, it won't cost any more than that for Pizza Shack to send a condolence letter to his wife. And if he secretly arms himself, well, you can just wave a copy of the company policy in the jury's face as your attorney throws him under the bus.

As a part-time pizza driver (done that on-and-off since 1985, when there was serious money in that), I like your use of the job in your example. If it's okay with you, I'd like to make mention of this, and use your words, on a job-related discussion board; the subject of arming ourselves (usually, against employer policy) comes up rather frequently.

 

[DickP]

Dear MedWheeler:

I'm flattered.

Please feel free to cut, paste, edit or otherwise use it in any way you wish.