Originally Posted by diuretic

Be bold! But try to see the situation as the locals see it. It's necessary in the US to carry a firearm for personal protection, well in some areas. Americans do get - and I think rightly - annoyed when those of us from countries that don't have a strong culture of firearms ownership start to proclaim.

Anyway, Pizza Hut will no doubt be instructing its employees that it's not acceptable for them to be armed. Said employees can then either lump it or leave. Personally if I were delivering pizzas in some parts of the States, I'd carry two handguns and a lot of spare ammo.

Originally Posted by leviathon435

Yes, I think you're right but I just can never see it. I live in a relatively rough area of Britain but with a few small precautions I have had no need to use a gun, I've never had a knife pulled on me personally and I've avoided any fights since I was 13. But there may be a different culture in America, and if so I do feel sorry for Americans, but personally I'd rather my pizza delivery guys were not armed, though I do recognise the American situation as shown in the last sentence of my previous post..

Originally Posted by xjoe3x

Just because you never had does not mean you won't. The place I worked at was never robbed during open hours, that does not mean it won't. You would never know if your pizza guy was armed unless to tried to rob him.

Originally Posted by leviathon435

Or the other way round.

Originally Posted by xjoe3x

Be prepared.
Better to be safe than sorry.
Those are what come to mind.

Originally Posted by leviathon435

Yes, well we already know we disagree about gun control, and on the specific issue I do actually agree with your view.

Originally Posted by leviathon435

Yes, I think you're right but I just can never see it. I live in a relatively rough area of Britain but with a few small precautions I have had no need to use a gun, I've never had a knife pulled on me personally and I've avoided any fights since I was 13. But there may be a different culture in America, and if so I do feel sorry for Americans, but personally I'd rather my pizza delivery guys were not armed, though I do recognise the American situation as shown in the last sentence of my previous post..

Originally Posted by diuretic

I've got an old mate living in Bingham, I hope that's not a rough area.

But on the US. Sadly it's increasingly necessary to be armed for self defence. I've been to the US quite a few times for lengthy periods and travelled to many parts of it but visiting (even for a few months) and living there are two different things. I've never felt personally threatened in the US (but strangely I have in London and Paris) but having been to places like Detroit I can see what Americans mean when they saw that they support carry concealed weapon legislation.