• Peter@theblower.au
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    2 days ago

    @Dimand

    It was the done thing at the time, if you squinted sideways at the regulations (which my boss did when it suited him). It was always unloaded before I walked inside and the bullets kept separate from the pistol until I walked back out the next night.

    Our kids never even got a look at it. Dirty great S&W .357 magnum — nobody but me was going to get anywhere near it!

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      I can’t help but start guessing at the sort of security job this was,

      My first thought was as personal security to some politician, maybe even Big Brows Howard himself! Kind of relevant to the article.

      But i reckon your job must really have been driving the Armaguard, (money trucks), to and from the banks and casinos, etc.

      In which case, wheres the AMA?

      Did any drongos ever try a heist?

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        @Gorgritch_umie_killa

        Neither. Armed security, regularly at an apartment block, irregularly at various offices, manufacturing plants, a Mercedes-Benz establishment, and lots of uniformed but unarmed jobs around the place.

        It was an interesting job, but when one of my workmates was shot when he walked into a drug deal one night while doing his rounds (in the apartment block), my wife got twitchy so I gave it up.

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          I suppose thats an understandable position for your wife to have taken. Sorry about your workmate.

          But, damn! I was so sure it was Armaguard.

          Didn’t even know armed security guards for buildings/premises was a thing in Aus. But then i don’t tend to hang around fancy places when they’re closed to see.

          I still reckon theres an IAMA in this.