08-08-2003 05:32									#1
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how do they rob banks? what? they hold the gun up against the bullet proff glass and demand money through the little tray opening?

	08-08-2003 05:44									#2
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Hostages? Shock and awe?

	08-08-2003 05:46									#3
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Depends on the bank. If I was in charge, I'd prefer to send men in to the front and hold up the cashiers using guns. I'd then use a large Cat-type earth mover to ram through the wall and into the safe (using meticulous plans drawn up well in advance) and have another small team of men to unload all the loot from the safe into an unmarked van - forget the small fry the cashiers can access. Anyway, the teams of men would get street clothes from the van, and dump the loot, their burglar outfits, and the heavy weaponry in to it. They could then disperse into the city, later to reconvene at HQ to collect their cut. The unmarked van would be driven across town and in to a warehouse, where the loot would be transferred to another vehicle or vehicles a-la the Italian Job, and taken safely to HQ while the federales are still looking for the original van. Job done.

	08-08-2003 05:48									#4
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By going in and pointing a gun.

Speer, you ask some of the most.....

	08-08-2003 05:48									#5
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well damn... somebody better warn the Manchester Police Dept. about you, merlin...

	08-08-2003 05:50									#6
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COMRADE:

What the hell does pointing the gun against the BULLET-PROFF GLASS do?

	08-08-2003 05:50									#7
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maybe the clerk doesn't want to find out whether or not the glass really is bullet proof

	08-08-2003 05:51									#8
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Other customers getting shot isn't good for business.

	08-08-2003 05:52									#9
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MtG:

thats what i was thinking... grabbing someone, putting the gun at their head, and demanding money...

	08-08-2003 05:55									#10
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Hehe, I haven't spent 20 years watching crime movies without learning a thing or two

Never mind the bullet proof glass, you could just point the gun at a customer's head and threaten to shoot if any of the cashiers even thinks about hitting the silent-alarm button...

	08-08-2003 06:00									#11
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They practice "safe" sex..

What...? This isn't a lame joke thread?

Never mind....

	08-08-2003 06:02									#12
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If they where really serious about it, they'd probably bring body armour and assault rifles. Can bullet proof glass stand against something like an ak47?

Not all banks have bullet proof glass, anyways. I don't think I've ever seen that here in Canada. The only place I can remember ever seeing that for sure is in Detroit. EDIT: Well, the big banks probably do. Not the small branchs though.

	08-08-2003 06:06									#13
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Osweld:

i have never seen a bank without bullet-proff glass... whether the big ones downtown or the small branches in the neighbourhoods

	08-08-2003 06:07									#14
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Look, AS, you're just going to have make money the honest way. We're not divulging our secrets to you.

	08-08-2003 06:08									#15
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damnit boris!

well i've already missed the first ten minutes of will & grace... bye yall

	08-08-2003 06:12									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Albert Speer Osweld: i have never seen a bank without bullet-proff glass... whether the big ones downtown or the small branches in the neighbourhoods

That's probably because you live in a **** hole.

	08-08-2003 06:15									#17
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Usually with a mask and a big gun!

	08-08-2003 06:15									#18
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It's all just smoke and mirrors.

	08-08-2003 06:16									#19
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You just stand there looking cute,
And when something moves, you shoot!

	08-08-2003 06:17									#20
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quote: Originally posted by mrmitchell It's all just smoke and mirrors.

	08-08-2003 06:18									#21
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When you rob a bank, unless there's a guard, there should be little resistance because the bank is insured, so the employees don't care.

You also need to be wary of dye packets.

Instead of armed bank robbery, I'd recommend ripping off ATMs, either by cracking them open, or in the case of stubborn ones, pulling them out by car. Although there is less to be gained, the risk is lower and so is the potential penalty.

	08-08-2003 06:19									#22
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"One lawyer with a briefcase can steal more in an hour than a hundred men with guns" - Don Corleone.

	08-08-2003 07:12									#23
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HAVEN"T YOU GUYS SEEN HEAT?

	08-08-2003 07:29									#24
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You know what I'd do if I wanted to rob a bank?
Disclaimer: I do not want to rob banks, and I'd never do anything like this, so this is fictional!

I'd check out which clerk can access the vault (you can see this in many banks here). Then wait for 2 or 3 months, so no one should be able to trace you back with those cameras. Then follow the clerk home, study the home, study the person. Study which days carry most money inside.

Now, all you need is black suit and a mask (hey why not do it with style once we're at it), when the clerks family is at home, enter it with your gun pointed at them and the silencer on. Other guys can carry assault rifles, just for the effect, get some of those lasers, you look pro now. Only one person speaks, and that's the one who has to do it. Because the person you have choosed must have a basement in the house, you direct the family to it.
You make the rest of the family call to whatever places they need to, so they won't be missed for few days.

You tie them up and make them blind with scarf or something and treat them like hostages. Total control.
Then the clerk, you tell her/him to go to job, and get amount x of money from the vault. You'll be waiting with at the house, and if troubles comes, you shoot them all. THat's what you say that is. But you treat the family nice otherwise, don't beat them or threaten them all the time.

Now when the clerk comes back from the job with bags full of money, you take only one person with you and release the rest. Leave some explosive looking things into the house and tell them NOT to touch it, because it will blow up. Now is your time to flee, you take one as a hostage and tell if they even think about being followed by cops, the house is gone and the person with us is shot instantly. You tell them that you will be releasing the person in one hour, after which they can call the cops. You have naturally checked out the money before fleeing, so that there will be no marking explosives inside that colours the money etc, and no tracking devices.

After carefully planning escape routes, you do then release the person taken with you like you promised.

I figure that's a good way to rob a bank, because then you are not caught on camera, no one has seen your face and only few people have heard your voice. Hard to track down if you carefully plan the whole thing.

	08-08-2003 07:33									#25
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This is the 21st century, and since most money is in electronic form, hacking is the way to go.

	08-08-2003 07:38									#26
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Actually it's better to send the clerk to the job, and then evacuate the family to new location. So she actually has more to think about than just calling the cops to run down the house. Now you have real hostages.. but you need to do fast transaction because otherwise the bank will notice the theft and you're screwed, cops for sure.

Say one of your men will be inside the bank to watch the clerk all day too, so he/she better not **** around.

You can tell her to take the money and run if she has to, because she won't get into trouble, it'll be on us after cops will catch her, but the important thing is cops never get to us easy, and she/he gets her family back safe and doesn't have to pay a dime back.

	08-08-2003 09:11									#27
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You know, I don't know if I like you asking this right after a thread where you wanted to buy a gun....

	08-08-2003 09:15									#28
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quote: Originally posted by Albert Speer COMRADE: What the hell does pointing the gun against the BULLET-PROFF GLASS do?

What? All they do is go in and point at the clerk....It's just that simple.

	08-08-2003 11:24									#29
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Albert Speer needs more exposure to the world. Maybe I'll take him on a crime spree.

How did men with box cutters hijack a plane of 50 people?

Through fear.

	08-08-2003 14:38									#30
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Well, if you go to New York...

"Mayor Bloomberg lashed out at bank executives yesterday, blaming them for a dramatic spike in robberies even as the bosses huddled with Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly to search for answers.
"Some banks don't care. ... You pass a note, you get some money and you can get away with it," Bloomberg said. "Some day it's going to lead to somebody getting shot and killed."

The mayor blasted the lax security at some bank branches as "unconscionable" and upbraided bankers for failing to protect their workers and customers.

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/st...90p-71665c.html