Realtors Under Attack and Fighting Back
We’ve all heard stories of REALTORS getting attacked by weirdos. Folks in our business have been robbed, raped, beaten and even killed.
And while the worst thing I’ve heard recently was an iPhone stolen from a fellow SF Realtor’s open house, it seems agents in other parts of the country have a lot more to worry about than a stolen phone.
In other parts of the country, especially where foreclosures are high, agents have taken to wearing bullet proof vests, carrying tasers and even guns, YUP, guns.
I can’t say I haven’t thought about my own personal safety from time to time when I’ve shown up at a creepy looking house with a creepier looking seller on a listing appointment that doesn’t feel quite right. Unfortunately, it’s still illegal for us to pack heat to our listing appointments, but don’t think I still don’t take precautions when I get out there and risk my life in the pursuit of doing my part of helping those that need San Francisco real estate assistance. I still got a trick or two up my sleeve. 
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Illegal to carry a gun? Not if you have a permit, it is your right to protect yourself.
California doesn’t actually believe in that right. They don’t give concealed/carry permits to the public. They give out one a year, but it’s always to a super star, politician or someone along those lines – and even then, you basically have to have someone ready and willing to kill you at any moment to be allowed to get a permit.
In fact, in San Francisco, a law was voted in that outlawed owning a handgun within City limits!!! That was overturned, but still – that should give you some insight into CA’s attitude on weapons.
Some people tend to forget that guns on their own aren’t the problem – it’s the people that have them and use them illegally that are the problem.
But that’s a conversation for another platform!