For Pizza Hut, this isn’t a gun rights issue, its a liability issue. The problem here is Pizza Hut has respondeat superior responsibilities under the law for delivery guy handling guns. Imagine a scenario where one of the delivery guys has a gun for protection, but uses it at a completely inappropriate target. Pizza Hut gets sued for the employee’s negligence AND LOSES because he was brandishing (and using) that gun while performing acts in the scope of his employment to his employer.
Pizza Hut’s options under the law are few and tough. They let their employees carry guns and then be responsible for training them, and still be on the hook when they blow someone away at the wrong time, and probably scare some customers away. Or they could order their employees not to carry guns, sending them out defenseless and setting themselves for a lawsuit by the employee if/when he gets assaulted.
This scenario may require some special legislation or judicial review: allowing employers (or at least common carrier or delivery services employers) not to be vicariously liable for actions resulting from their employees legal possession of firearms.
