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Originally posted by dokk
Wish I could help, even though I was a PI for nine years I still can't even pack a suitcase!
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In all seriousness.. in all of the 9 yrs i worked and yes was licensed to carry concealed etc and the bond u have to put up etc.. anyway I carried a gun 9mm forget what brand for 1 day.
It was my first day on the job, i ignored what the people who hired me had told me and can still remember the 2 guys waiting at the top of the driveway in that pickup truck with shotguns.
I wasn't hard to spot, had just got a new fire engine red mercedes.. can't remember the model too long ago.. in the bright green grass sitting in front of these peoples property like I was some sort of Magnum PI legend in my own mind.
Needless to say I made for a rather easy target, they shot the shit up out of my "bad ass mercedes" and the funniest part about the whole thing Is I can still remember when the first shot went off I got this fucking cramp right in the lowest part of your back yanno... I know that sounds weird but that hurt like hell.
So.. I kept the gun, but never carried it on the job (my partners all thought I was nuts, they all packed at least 9's. After that first day on the job.. i thew down my badge on the table and said "I fucking quit, this is crazy" And their reply was: "Dokk, you did a great job and we've got a bunch more work for you!"
I dunno why I didn't go ahead and quit.. and don't know why I went on for 9 yrs.. but I can tell you why I finally did quit. I couldn't live with the thought anymore. The kind of cases I took were the ones where no one was going to come out a winner and the people paying had unlimited funding.
That's when I quit.. had already saved enough to build my own home and retired.. then I got a call from a buddy of mine saying a local strip club was looking for a dj.. so I went down.. and I'm sure most of you know the rest of that story.
I don't recommend anyone carrying a gun unless you are a licensed government officer, period.
But if you want and it'll help, I'll give you a free email addy, just write to me:
[email protected]
and i'll give you a free 44mag email addy.
It'd be a lot safer to carry around ;-)))