A little personal defense

[Gezzer]

9 hours ago, Brokenolmarine said:

It will make a nice non-lethal alternative. You can use it to apply additional pressure to pressure points, or lift at hinge points to effect releases.  It would take some training, which I used to include in a course I offered.  We used Kubatons, which can be found as keychains.  The students could substitute standard or large Sharpie markers, or fat metal ink pens; which no one would question being in a pocket or purse.

I  thought about some type of keychain but as you say without proper training  my mind went to something sharp and just target the eyes and or throat .  Thanks

[Gezzer]

3 hours ago, Sheilajeanne said:

Before our ancestors figured out how to knap flint, they made spears out of sharpened sticks that had been hardened in a fire. That looks like a pretty useful weapon you made her, and no one's going to complain about her carrying it!

 

Thanks , that is the thing to have it on you if needed  . There are better options I'm sure but this will be better than harsh words or a cry for help in that instant .

[Frodo]

Any weapon you choose is not worth the money it cost with out training to teach how, when, of weapon use

that weapon is a fantastic idea as long as she is also enrolled in a self defense class.

Around here, You can get self defense training at the gun range , They teach all aspect of self defense from sticks to simi auto parts 

[Gezzer]

@Frodo Like i said she has had some training , not real sure but I  think it was pretty basic . I  am pretty sure our local range has classes as well  . Thanks

[Sheilajeanne]

4 hours ago, Gezzer said:

There are better options I'm sure

One summer, I was working as an outdoor education teacher in a park in downtown Toronto where there had been a number of rapes. One woman had died. When I finished my teaching for the day, I had to walk through the park, alone, on my way to another school where I was studying to get my French as a Second Language teaching certificate. Needless to say, I was not very comfortable doing this.

I had an old WWII gas mask bag that I used as my carryall when teaching. I also had a hunting knife with a wooden handle, and a 6 1/2 inch blade. The handle made it look like maybe it was something other than a knife. It could have passed for a gardening tool. It fitted nicely in a leather sheath, and was mostly hidden inside a pocket in the bag. 

I probably would have been in trouble with the cops if they had ever stopped me, but they never did. It was one of the very few times in my life where I'd felt the need to carry a weapon. 

Edited November 4, 2022 by Sheilajeanne

[Gezzer]

@Sheilajeanne Better in trouble with the cops than the possible alternative    Yes we shouldn't have to carry but the sad truth is we do . It hasn't been many years that  all sorts of meanness was going on somewhere else , big cities  for the most part but now it's right here in small town  USA .  Stay SAFE 

[chuck123wapati]

6 hours ago, Gezzer said:

No we are good . All of this is good advice I have given her when she sees a concern at distance , I agree. Distance gives you options , I guess where I failed to communicate is this is a blind door , no camera view , no glass , no peephole , no way of knowing what is on the other side until you open it .  This was my big point of concern , just as they step out of the door .  I should have been clearer .

your right on with this sentiment the utmost first line of defense is being aware, most criminals are very cowardly, meaning if your looking at them or notice them they probably wont make you a target. 30 years working a prison i have seen very well trained officers get taken, why because they weren't aware of who was around them. Watch everyone around you all the time, see what they are doing and why they are there before they get close enough to do you harm. i still do it out of habit having carried a toolbox into cell blocks alone for many years, no one gets behind me without me turning and looking right at them. If someone seems suspicious look directly at them so they know you see them and above all believe the hairs on your neck.

 As for the door situation open it but dont go out until you look around and get your eyes focused and be prepared to shut it fast, criminals depend on those doors locking behind an unaware person after they shut then that person has lost thier escape if it feels weird don't go out, shut it.

I'm done now lol. except for this if your standing in a line of ten people anywhere in this country two at least will have felony records some places many more.