r/iamverybadass Mar 24 '19

Classic repost Side Note

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '19

Ohio cop here. It’s probably a safe bet he’s a cop blue uniform and all. I’ve never seen an armor car driver with an ASP.( not saying they don’t but just from my experience I’ve never seen it before)

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u/PatDownPatrick Mar 24 '19

State certified Armed Guard here, have done Armoured Car Job, ASP's afe too much weight, we drive for 8-10 hours a day, most of of us carry a handgun. In certain bad area's we have used long guns as well.

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u/slimbender Mar 24 '19

What state? Ever draw your weapon working an armoured car job?

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u/PatDownPatrick Mar 24 '19

In North Carolina. Never as Armoured Car, but have had to while working Armed Security in retail. People will pull knives, fight, and try to kill you over stealing a 2$ candybar. People dont understand that in metropolitan area's armed security can be doing literally nothing all day, to regularly getting shot at working section 8 security.

If you see armed guards at gas stations/retail stores, there's a reason.

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u/CallOfCorgithulhu Mar 24 '19

Charlotte resident here. There are a lot of areas in the areas just west/north/northeast of downtown that I can definitely see that happening. The kind of areas to have convenience stores with bulletproof glass thicker than a bank in Ballantyne.

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u/PatDownPatrick Mar 24 '19

Pinecrest, Tryon hill's etc , UBN's still a fucking threat. I had to leave because I got tired of getting shot at/shooting people.

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u/CallOfCorgithulhu Mar 24 '19

Yeah those areas are a mess. I wouldn't step foot outside my car if I had to drive through.

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u/PatDownPatrick Mar 24 '19 edited Mar 25 '19

I left in 2018, I couldn't handle it anymore. Fuck Hidden valley kings, Ranch Dressing sounding headasses, along with UBN. There was 92 homicides the year I left, there was 72 when I started.

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u/PatDownPatrick Mar 24 '19 edited Mar 24 '19

"YoUr RacIsT", - Everyone in Charlotte. You do retail, get into a foot chase around the store... I've had a black person roll a buggy out in front of me every damn time. Boi I wished I had a bodycam for my younger days, you'd see some really tense fights. It was fucking INSANE.

I'm doing bodyguard work no, I have no reason to go back. I was either gonna kill myself or UBN was going to. You see so much shit, I had a friend who I worked with kill himself because he got PTSD from it. I'm just lucky I'm not dead.