bodhitree
01-26-2007, 09:41 AM
What ideas do you all have for self defence before the physical violence? I've read the linked articles and there's a lot of good info.
For me, a great tool, the cell phone. If you feel uncomfortable walk around with it in your hand. Even call someone. This may prevent a crime due to your giving up location/description of the predator. It doesn't always work, a college student was abducted at gunpoint and taken to an ATM to withdraw money and the event was recorded on his parent's answering machine. Better use of the phone could have helped him avoid the situation.
THere is a lot of common scence, well lit areas, well populated areas.
What is your reaction/posture when confronted with a situation?
For me, I need to examine what is motivating the situation. Is it robbery or is it someone acting tough to impress their friends, or is it a gang with a pack mentality.
Robbery: best to not look like a victim, a desperate drug addict wants an easy target.
Someone trying to impress friends: let them impress their friends, walk away, they showed you how tough they are by shouting obscene things at you.
Gang/pack mentality: definately don't do something to make the situation more hostile, try to get where there are other people/witnesses.
For those attacked in their cars, if the thing is on put it in drive and you have a one ton weapon.
thoughts appreciated.
For me, a great tool, the cell phone. If you feel uncomfortable walk around with it in your hand. Even call someone. This may prevent a crime due to your giving up location/description of the predator. It doesn't always work, a college student was abducted at gunpoint and taken to an ATM to withdraw money and the event was recorded on his parent's answering machine. Better use of the phone could have helped him avoid the situation.
THere is a lot of common scence, well lit areas, well populated areas.
What is your reaction/posture when confronted with a situation?
For me, I need to examine what is motivating the situation. Is it robbery or is it someone acting tough to impress their friends, or is it a gang with a pack mentality.
Robbery: best to not look like a victim, a desperate drug addict wants an easy target.
Someone trying to impress friends: let them impress their friends, walk away, they showed you how tough they are by shouting obscene things at you.
Gang/pack mentality: definately don't do something to make the situation more hostile, try to get where there are other people/witnesses.
For those attacked in their cars, if the thing is on put it in drive and you have a one ton weapon.
thoughts appreciated.