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What is your preferred choice of self-defense?

Posted - March 15, 2019

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  • 22853

    My first thought -- I'll go with it --

    For what it's worth, for non-physical self-defense -- silence.
     
    I tend to just breathe and listen/watch. I tend not to react immediately in emotion. (I'm really surprised, actually, to admit this -- because I'm an awfully emotional person. But when it comes down to it, whether it's healthy or unhealthy, I do not respond immediately and reactively -- even when, often, others say I should/should have jumped all over the other person's/persons' shi*.)

    :)



    This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at March 18, 2019 11:55 AM MDT
      March 15, 2019 7:53 PM MDT
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  • a tank 
      March 15, 2019 7:58 PM MDT
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  • 976
    Wasp spray. I have a variety of self-defense mechanisms handy but, I'm not willing to use any of them other than Wasp spray. 
      March 15, 2019 8:14 PM MDT
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  • 6988
    When out riding my bicycle over my favorite 6 mile course, I encounter an occasional angry dog. I have used mace, but it isn't really good unless the animal is very close to biting me. Now I carry a nice big can of wasp and hornet spray that can reach 15-20 feet. That way I can discourage most animals from a  distance. (in my area, it is illegal to allow a dog to run loose)  I have not yet met up with any mean dogs since I bought the spray, but there will be a day--------------
      March 16, 2019 7:16 AM MDT
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  • 10450
    A baseball bat that has a craft glitter coating and cartoon stickers. I sand the clear coat off my baseball bats then I coat them with white glue and well the glue is still wet I coat it with craft glitter. After it dries a put stickers on it like stars and Goofy. A glitter coated baseball bat is more effective than a regular bat because when you smack a intruder with it some of the glitter gets in their eyes and they get eye irritation as well as a few lumps. The stickers are mostly for show but you can let an intruder know that  you will beat them till their goofy and they will be seeing stars when you get done with them. Cheers and happy weekend! 
      March 15, 2019 9:35 PM MDT
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  • 5391
    Reason and diplomacy.
    Failing that, Aikido. This post was edited by Don Barzini at March 18, 2019 11:55 AM MDT
      March 15, 2019 10:04 PM MDT
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  • 16197
    A quick wit. And alertness.
      March 15, 2019 11:28 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    Crying works for me.



      March 16, 2019 12:45 AM MDT
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  • 14795
    A Stiletto heel ....its lethal in the right hand and completly  Lee'girl for open carry    :( 
      March 16, 2019 3:05 AM MDT
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  • 688
    Feigning death.
      March 16, 2019 4:58 AM MDT
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  • 22853
    I came across Zack's question here and forgot how COOL this picture is!!  :)
      October 3, 2022 8:38 PM MDT
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  • 44173
      March 16, 2019 7:33 AM MDT
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  • 1305

    It's uncanny how often we are alike in our thinking. I went to type this and thought better of it, but it definitely works no one likes to be engulfed in bad wind and it confuses people.

      March 16, 2019 11:50 AM MDT
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  • 44173
    Some of mine would have gagged Linda Lovelace.
      March 16, 2019 1:27 PM MDT
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  • 1305
    LOL! Nice image. 
      March 18, 2019 11:54 AM MDT
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  • 22853
    What an excellent answer. Truly.
    :)
      March 16, 2019 3:19 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    Asker's.  However... how long must you hold this weapon.  That could get very uncomfortable if no one bugs you all week.
      March 18, 2019 11:56 AM MDT
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  • 19942
    I have a bowling pin in the house.  Outside, nothing really.  
      March 16, 2019 7:41 AM MDT
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  • 22853
    Cool!
      March 16, 2019 3:20 PM MDT
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  • 5835
    The most reliable defense is to be someplace else when a situation develops.
      March 16, 2019 8:40 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    I would quickly put on my thick nerdy glasses then pull out my bible and open it up. 

    No one would hit a good Christian guy reading his bible I am sure.
      March 16, 2019 1:19 PM MDT
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  • 44173
    AND...If you started reading it, they would run like hell.
      March 16, 2019 1:28 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    Probably because Christians are the most deadly tribe on the planet.  They kill more people in the name of JAYSUS than the rest combined.
      March 18, 2019 11:59 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    That is one of the things religion is about anyway. 
      March 18, 2019 12:04 PM MDT
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