In my case, we had been in the gym business, and I carried there, as I closed the club at 11 PM. and sometimes opened while it was still dark out. So my ex partner knew I would never take a position, carrying 6 figures around, with no backup, unless I was armed. Since it was just the two of us, and my job had no real description, other than I was "working" for him, I don't think we were breaking any laws, it was a private portfolio. I wasn't officially a guard, but still carried large amounts of cash, alone, in Bars, strip clubs, shop quicks, Hotels, etc. Some were in the worse places in FL, "that's where ATM machines make the most money.
Honestlly I would never do that job without loading up, 3 guns, pepper spray, a stun gun, and a vest on rare occasions because of the heat. I was alone all day, until I checked in to hand in the receipts at night on my way home.
Although you can never protect yourself against someone laying in wait for you. The spur of the moment or poorlly planned robbery can result in your death when things go downhill fast.I know this as I have had the unfortunate luck of being party to a home invasion. They knew all about me way before ever coming in for the job.I lived through that and said I would never allow a bad guy to have the choice weather I and my loved ones get to live or die without me having something to say about it.
Some, actually most robberies that result in a shooting, didn't start out that way, but something goes wrong, maybe one guy is high, or pissed off at his wife or just panics. You need to have an option, even if you die, you may have been able to save your family. At least you have a chance, without a gun you have no chance should things go sideways. You feel very alone when you walk into a hostile enviornment, alone, with a clipboard and a bag of 20's that you are trying to cover, while opening the machine,safe, and closing out the receipt. It can be the longest 5 minutes in your life. And "they" will alway test you, asking fr some cash, joking around, but not really. I will never do anything like that again.My buddy still does it and loves it.He's a crazy SOB, and dosen't need the money anymore. So everyone is different. I can't see a guard as anything but a target to a gang member, and with no means of protection, "they know that", you are a sitting duck.
If you are going to be a target, at least get paid a lot of money to risk your life. These guys who work for $10 dollars an hour and put their life in harms way, is just nonsense in my eyes. Go work for Blackwater or tripple canopy for a year, after 90 days you money is, or at least was, Tax free.Do a year or two, and yo can make enough to set yourself up in business for ever.Yes it's dangerous but your getting paid 6 figures tax free.
Honestlly I would never do that job without loading up, 3 guns, pepper spray, a stun gun, and a vest on rare occasions because of the heat. I was alone all day, until I checked in to hand in the receipts at night on my way home.
Although you can never protect yourself against someone laying in wait for you. The spur of the moment or poorlly planned robbery can result in your death when things go downhill fast.I know this as I have had the unfortunate luck of being party to a home invasion. They knew all about me way before ever coming in for the job.I lived through that and said I would never allow a bad guy to have the choice weather I and my loved ones get to live or die without me having something to say about it.
Some, actually most robberies that result in a shooting, didn't start out that way, but something goes wrong, maybe one guy is high, or pissed off at his wife or just panics. You need to have an option, even if you die, you may have been able to save your family. At least you have a chance, without a gun you have no chance should things go sideways. You feel very alone when you walk into a hostile enviornment, alone, with a clipboard and a bag of 20's that you are trying to cover, while opening the machine,safe, and closing out the receipt. It can be the longest 5 minutes in your life. And "they" will alway test you, asking fr some cash, joking around, but not really. I will never do anything like that again.My buddy still does it and loves it.He's a crazy SOB, and dosen't need the money anymore. So everyone is different. I can't see a guard as anything but a target to a gang member, and with no means of protection, "they know that", you are a sitting duck.
If you are going to be a target, at least get paid a lot of money to risk your life. These guys who work for $10 dollars an hour and put their life in harms way, is just nonsense in my eyes. Go work for Blackwater or tripple canopy for a year, after 90 days you money is, or at least was, Tax free.Do a year or two, and yo can make enough to set yourself up in business for ever.Yes it's dangerous but your getting paid 6 figures tax free.