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Drive a tow truck into a bad area at 3AM and then tell me you can't imagine a reason you would want to carry.Or do repo work and tell me, did both for a living.



Nope, still can't imagine any valid reason why I should or would want to carry a gun, concealed or otherwise.

Of course, I also can't imagine any valid reason why I would choose to drive a tow truck into a bad neighborhood at 3AM or do repo work..

On a kind of related note.. there are alternatives that sometimes are just as or more effective. I worked for an HVAC company back in my youth. We did a lot of commercial service calls to bars and other establishments in a questionable part of town down in Florida City. Some of these places were known for their wild shoot-outs between the patrons and police. I sometimes got called out there after hours, and while I wasn't really afraid for my life (I was just another working slob and obviously didn't have much money on me), they did like breaking into the van while I was inside working on a refrigeration unit or whatever. Some people would have armed themselves, but in many cases, that would have provoked many of the locals and possibly resulted in escalated violence. I found a simple and elegant solution.. a 10 foot long python that I kept in the back of the Van. It only took one incident for them to get the word out. I was working on a beer cooler one night and all the sudden heard screaming and lots of commotion out the front door. Went out and there was a guy trapped in the back of the van screaming for his life about the snake that he was convinced was going to eat him! Never ever had a single problem after that.



Cheers,
Brad

To be old and wise, you must first be young and stupid.