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breamfisher
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Self Defense advice that's a little... wonky...
breamfisher
Posts: 14,119 Senior Member
A few years ago, I remember a fellow writing about how you can carry defensive tools in a "non-permissive environment." Airports, courthouses, and other areas where firearms and workable knives are verboten. One of his "tricks" was to use a heavy-ish metal cane or a walking stick. He said that if you walked as though you needed it, nobody would take away your medical device and you would still have something you can use in defense.
I kinda question the logic of this. What if you stop hobbling? Would that blow your cover? And wouldn't carrying a cane make you look weak and more like a victim? Maybe not in the area, but traveling to and from can cause issues. Sometimes I wonder about the advice others give out....
For reference, here's a defensive cane by Ka-Bar.
I kinda question the logic of this. What if you stop hobbling? Would that blow your cover? And wouldn't carrying a cane make you look weak and more like a victim? Maybe not in the area, but traveling to and from can cause issues. Sometimes I wonder about the advice others give out....
For reference, here's a defensive cane by Ka-Bar.
Meh.
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Besides there are a lot of us around that need a cane at times.
Jerry
Jerry
When one is out and about in town, one still sees the odd cane dear boy;
But when one is out in the rough a shooting stick is the thing;
Gives the Memsaab somewhere to park it on the moist grass, as it were.
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EDIT: I've also decided that, especially in a NPE, being "just another face in the crowd" is an excellent self defense tool. If you don't stand out, you're far less likely to be targeted. I take this further by being relatively "non-stand-offish" IE I don't raise my voice in arguments with service industry members (great example: if the wrong order is brought to me I don't make a big deal about it), I do my best to maintain level headed composure, and I treat everyone politely.
"Slow is smooth, smooth is fast, and speed is the economy of motion" - Scott Jedlinski
This. Anything in arm's reach.
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Jerry
Jerry
So then went to find a pizza joint and went through a neighborhood to get turned around in the right direction, you could feel the racial tensions in the air, lots of dirty looks. Wife and girls in the car with me heading to a new duty station. Comfort was a .357 I had in the front seat loaded with some "Highway Loads" I call them. 158 grain JFPs.
Happiness was seeing LR in my rear-view mirror.
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Jerry
I'll have one of these in a couple more years.