by Tyler J. Thomas » 11 Apr 2015 9:19
When I was a mobile locksmith I had 2 guns pulled on me.
One was a guy who was being evicted from a commercial property. I kept picking the lock but the lock would not retract the bolt despite rotating the plug with a screw driver. I could see the bolt and it was not binding. Finally out steps the owner with a gun in my face. Then he noticed the property owner and directed his attention to him. He makes a phone call and his cronies come rough up the property owner. The only problem was that their car was very unique (high class, unique color). Idiots literally filled their car up at the gas station two blocks down the street after we called the cops. The cops had already arrested them before we finished the job.
The second time I was called to rekey a house. It was a women in her late 20s? Well she was rekeying her house because an abusive boyfriend. Her boyfriend pulls up mid rekey and wants to know who I am and why I'm there. Being a smartass 23-24 year old at the time, I point to my marked truck and say, "Take a guess". He pulls his gun out, takes aim, and tells me to leave "or else". I already had all the locks off the door at that point so I take them out to my truck to rekey them and call the cops. The fastest way to get the cops to any place is to tell them theres a man with a gun threatening to kill people. Within minutes my car and the house were surrounded by cops. Before they got there, however, he managed to rough up his girlfriend. Wrote up the bill and I believe her mother or aunt paid for it. For a while, I made sure to keep my gun on my at all times because my testimony help put that guy in jail and my information was public record. Not only did he collect battery charges from her, he collected a forcible felony charge from me.
