Philadelphia gas station owner hires security armed with AR-15s to protect store: ‘Tired of this nonsense’A gas station owner in Philadelphia recently hired security guards armed with AR-15s or shotguns and decked out in Kevlar to protect his establishment from the city’s rampant crime.Neil Patel, who runs a Karco gas station at Broad and Clearfield streets in North Philadelphia, said he recruited Pennsylvania S.I.T.E.“We are tired of this nonsense; robbery, drug trafficking, hanging around, gangs.”Patel explained he was finally moved to hire the armed security after young people recently vandalized his business and stole its ATM.PROGRESSIVE PHILADELPHIA DA KRASNER ASKS COURT TO HALT IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST HIM“We wear Kevlar, we are trained, my guards go to training every other week, they’re proficient with [their guns] and with their taser, they know the law,” Chief Andre Boyer said.PHILADELPHIA WOMAN FOUND DECAPITATED ON KITCHEN FLOORLocal residents and neighbors were reportedly of mixed opinion regarding Patel’s decision to deploy such heavily armed security."