Amarillo Pizza Store Owner: Armed Employees Welcomed Here

By Dan Zimmerman

AMARILLO, TEXAS – Last week, a legally armed employee of La Bella Pizza shot and killed a robber who was holding another employee at gunpoint. Clayton Jerrell Morgan — who was 36 and will never see his 37th birthday — was challenged by a La Bella worker who has a concealed carry permit and was packing.

When Morgan pointed his pistol — which was later found to be an air gun — at the armed employee, he shot him. Morgan later died at a local hospital and an accomplice was apprehended and charged with murder under Texas law.

When similar situations have occurred in the past (see here, here and here as examples) the employees of those national chains are invariably fired for violating corporate policies that prohibit carrying a firearm while on the job. No matter how many lives or dollars their actions may have saved.

But the owners of the La Bella Pizza chain, Jim and Cindy Dewitz, want to let the world know that not only will the un-named employee who defended himself and his co-workers be keeping his job, they fully support the people who for La Bella legally and responsibly carrying while at work.

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Source:: Concealed Nation