A new ridesharing app called Black Wolf is coming to the market in Atlanta and New York and will allow divers to carry guns while taking people to their destination.
According to Forbes, Kerry King Brown — a 32-year-old former private investigator who worked for Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) — is the person who created Black Wolf, a startup that currently has around 15 cars servicing the Metro Atlanta area. “Who are mostly on the news getting robbed, getting raped? The average person,” Brown told Atlanta News First. “What I’m creating is a necessary evil. It’s a necessity.”
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“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 shared on its Facebook page. Riders will be able to pay a base rate of $50 for an unarmed driver in addition to $1.75 per mile. A driver who is carrying a gun would set a rider back $60 as a base rate followed by a rate of $1.75 per mile.
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.
Brown, 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. He said that he is looking to enter the New York City market with help from a “connection” — a detective in the NYPD who has his own security company and provides training for drivers.
Brown acknowledged the strict gun laws that make it difficult to obtain a permit to carry a firearm. Brown told The Post that he got the idea for the app by expanding his original business, which included transportation lines for schools.
“It expanded as I put a little more time and effort into it,” he said. Brown said his focus was on “how can I make this for the everyday people?”
The company is looking to staff drivers who have had experience in either law enforcement, private security, or the military, Brown told The Post. “We want retired officers,” he said. “We want guys who have been in the military or private sector so it’s not just cops.”