The Black Wolf ride sharing app requires drivers to pass a background check and undergo training on how to handle a firearm as well as de-escalation.īrown, a Long Island native, aspires to bring the service to the Big Apple - but New York City’s strict gun laws could complicate those plans. A driver who is packing heat would set a rider back $60 as a base rate followed by a rate of $1.75 per mile. Riders pay a base rate of $50 for an unarmed driver in addition to $1.75 per mile.

A new ride-sharing app pairs riders with drivers who are trained to carry and use a firearm. The app, which utilizes real-time data to let others know of the riders’ locations, charges a premium rate to ride with a driver who is armed. “Every Black Wolf App vehicle comes equipped with GPS Tracking and Live-streaming technology that allows our riders to share with their loved ones,” the company says on its Facebook page. In the week since it has launched, there have been some 80,000 downloads, according to Atlanta First News. “Who are mostly on the news getting robbed, getting raped? The average person,” Brown told Atlanta News First. Kerry King Brown - a 32-year-old former private investigator who worked for Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) - is the brains behind Black Wolf, a startup that currently has around 15 cars servicing the Metro Atlanta area. The surge in violent crime nationwide has inspired a former bodyguard to launch a ride-sharing app that features armed drivers - with plans for a Big Apple launch within the next four months. Suspects targeting NYC Uber, Lyft drivers netted $30K in months-long robbery spree: NYPD

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