Self Defense

[Rachel]

When seconds count the police are only minutes away!

[KittyKaiti]

The fact is, Tread, that no matter what the risk is, whether low or high, it is not smart to be unprepared for any form of attack. I don't care what the statistics are or what happens more or less frequently. The fact is that at any time, an armed robbery or other home invasion can occur and I would rather have a weapon, preferably a firearm, ready to kill a motherer, should someone come breaking down my door.

[Tread]

Originally Posted by TheAngryPostman

If you use locks and various devices to safeguard your valuables, why would you not have an added assurance for your most valuable possession; your life? Saying that you will never need to protect yourself from bodily harm because locks will always deterr someone is like not having a Plan B. It's like the old infantry saying goes,"If your assault is going as planned, you are walking into an ambush."

Assumption is the mother of all fuckups.

I don't think Thief's want to fight with the house owner or getting identified, and I don't think they kill everyone they met while breaking in. Also I don't think it is a, if I don't shoot him he will harm me, situation. But I don't know how it is in a county where nearly every criminal is armed with guns.
An ambush at military, war or on the street is different and can happens, but at your home? And if someone creates an ambush at your home you're dead before you notice anything.

Originally Posted by TheAngryPostman

I haven't encountered many doorknobs like the second one. I take it those are more prevalent in dwellings where you live rather than here in the US. I've only seen them on school doors and Gov. buildings and I've seen them get opened by a credit card or something of similar thickness.

The door overlap the wall, so there is not a directly gap to the snapper. A credit card is not long and not flexible enough to open the snapper. Have most US doors a direct gap to the snapper/bolt?
The lock and key service have cards that can do this, but this only works with the snapper and not with the bolt that locks the door. It happens often that people accordantly shut a door, without handle or knob on the outside, and forgot the key. I guess you experienced it by locking you out, as the most do with doors that only can be open with a key form outside.

Originally Posted by KittyKaiti

The fact is, Tread, that no matter what the risk is, whether low or high, it is not smart to be unprepared for any form of attack. I don't care what the statistics are or what happens more or less frequently. The fact is that at any time, an armed robbery or other home invasion can occur and I would rather have a weapon, preferably a firearm, ready to kill a motherer, should someone come breaking down my door.

You could also prepare against fire (much higher risk) with an automatic fire-extinguishing system, protect your house and you against meteorites or prepare for naturally viruses, dirty bombs, biological, or chemical weapons with face masks or ABC-Masks.

It would save much more life if more people would learn first aid than having a gun for home defense.

Why should a Thief kill you and should other people invade your home?

[KittyKaiti]

Well, I own two fire extinguishers, have a gas mask and was trained for first aid and CPR, so.... your point?

Wait.... did you just say what I think you said?

"It would save much more life if more people would learn first aid than having a gun for home defense"

Are you saying that it would be better for me or a roommate to get shot, stabbed, etc and for me to know how to save her life rather than for me to own a firearm and kill the intruder before he can do anything? -_- >.> <.<


"Why should a Thief kill you and should other people invade your home?"

I dunno, ask them the next time you meet one. They do it because they're stupid, poor, an asshole or who knows.

[SweetCharmer]

Like Tread i'm from outside of the US and live in jolly old england and i think growing up without guns around hasn't had much of a negative result on my life.

I in no way though agree with Tread though on the whole just learn First aid and everything will be better thing. i agree with everyone else on being prepared and ready as well as knowing first aid

I've come to label nearly everything in my sight as a weapon and how to use it like one such as a pencil, keys, spray cans (well those are obvious) and other everyday normal objects.
I guess it really all started when i was younger. after school me and my friend were leaving but i forgot something in a class room. when i got back from getting it i found my friend being held up by someone with a penknife. some of the teachers tried grabbing him but he got away. ever since that day i felt so pathetic that i didn't do anything from being scared so i took up several martial arts and even practiced some sword arts (for meditation not for combat) to help and now ever since doing that i see everything as a weapon for self-defense not to say that i don't have any weapons in my house i do but they're all blades BUT i know how to use all of them confidently. i even at times wear weighted gloves when i go out so that i'll have some help if i ever do run into trouble. my whole life i've never once thought how much safer my life would be with a gun even though the gun rate is increasing aswell as the murder rate due to guns. i trust myself 100x more than i'd trust a gun if it were me i'd rather carry nothing because unlike most with guns (now this is a guess correct me if i'm wrong) i've been trained through martial arts to disarm and take a knife or gun off of someone without using a lot of effort. i mean at the end of the day this thread is here to help people learn self defense and that means EVERYONE. most people can't afford or are in a country that has banned guns so for all of them we need to address hand to hand combat more than just talk about what guns to buy and even for the members that do have guns it doesn't hurt to learn a few moves to saves your life.
In the end guns run out of ammo. knifes or hands/feet don't. not trying step on any toes but i just feel a LOT safer putting my life in my own hands rather than a guns.

[Tread]

Originally Posted by KittyKaiti

Wait.... did you just say what I think you said?

Are you saying that it would be better for me or a roommate to get shot, stabbed, etc and for me to know how to save her life rather than for me to own a firearm and kill the intruder before he can do anything? -_- >.> <.<

I wanted to say that a lot of people die every day by accidents, heart attack, apoplectic stroke, allergic shock and so on, because folks around don't do anything helpful. And I doubt that there are many cases where a home defence weapon saved life.

Originally Posted by KittyKaiti

I dunno, ask them the next time you meet one. They do it because they're stupid, poor, an asshole or who knows.

Only met once people who killed other in a drug gang fight, but didn't have something to do with them or talked much with them, but they had a clear financial motive.

Originally Posted by KittyKaiti

Well, I own two fire extinguishers, have a gas mask and was trained for first aid and CPR, so.... your point?

Exemplary! Didn't expect this.
I thought CPR is part of first aid, nevermind. Many learn it only once in life forget it fast and don't know what to do in a serious situation, but your training is probably not many years ago, so you're able to execute it.
By a fire, most people suffocate from smoke while sleeping, but I guess you have smoke detectors as well.

I find it unnecessary to prepare against unlikely risks, like meteors, terrorism, home invasions or bloodthirsty Thief's (unless you life at a place where this is not the exception). And the most forget that driving by car, working in the garden, doing sport or getting infected from by other human has a multiple higher risk.

If you want to prepare for everything, it's OK. In my opinion overdone, but no offense here. I myself overdo it with personal information's on the internet, being paranoid in giving info or pic's away.

I only want to understand why so many justify an extra big calibre weapon with home defence. For me it implies a little guilt for owning it. They have it cause they say they need it (and I don't see the need), and not cause they want to have it.


@SweetCharmer
Makes sense and I prefer this too, but in the US too many people have already guns, and disarming works only if you are close enough.

[The Conquistador]

Originally Posted by Tread

I only want to understand why so many justify an extra big calibre weapon with home defence. For me it implies a little guilt for owning it. They have it cause they say they need it (and I don’t see the need), and not cause they want to have it.

Why should I feel guilt for having something(whether I want or need it)? That is like asking "You have 2 perfectly good feet. Why do you need a car?"

Mr. Tread I would like to ask you a couple questions:

1) Do you place such little value on your life that you would rather not own an efficient weapon with excellent standoff?

2) If someone broke into your house, can you tell if they were a rapist, serial killer, robber etc.?

3) Are you sure enough of a criminals intentions that you would trust that he would want to only steal your belongings and nothing more?

4) What would you do if a psychotic person broke into your house and started threatening you or your family?

5) Do you live in Europe?

[The Conquistador]

Originally Posted by Tread

And I doubt that there are many cases where a home defence weapon saved life.

You could not be more wrong about that. There is a plethora of recorded cases where weapons have saved people from rape, murder, physical abuse within the family home. I will post some later.

[KittyKaiti]

Originally Posted by Tread

By a fire, most people suffocate from smoke while sleeping, but I guess you have smoke detectors as well.

Yes, we have fire detectors but I also have something else on my side. I guess its a rare or possibly some sort of a lucky disorder or malfunction of my brain but my subconscious/unconsciousness takes control of my body when I'm sleeping. I can be completely unconscious or simply asleep and people tell me I get up and walk around, respond to questions, do things, etc (sleep walking). I wake up and my roommates will tell me I got up and did something or said something and I'll say, "no I didn't". My subconscious must be responding to questions or incidents for me while I'm "out". It's weird. Anyway, what I'm getting at is one day I was in an accident and completely knocked unconscious but then I got up and got myself to safety. My friends watched this happen and told me what I did when I finally "came to". There is no way I could have been conscious from such an impact to the head. My point is that I have some sort of natural security system where if I'm in danger and unconscious or asleep, my body takes control and does stuff for me. I believe that if we had a fire and there was smoke or if I was attacked while sleeping, that my subconscious will defend me or get me to safety. I'm not willing to test that theory but strongly believe it might be true. I guess that would be the best self defense weapon anyone could have.

[The Conquistador]

Originally Posted by Tread

But I don't know how it is in a county where nearly every criminal is armed with guns.
An ambush at military, war or on the street is different and can happens, but at your home? And if someone creates an ambush at your home you're dead before you notice anything.

Not every criminal is armed with a gun. Alot more crimes are committed with knives and bludgeoning weapons nowadays.


You misinterpreted what I was trying to convey with the whole "ambush" thing. I was trying to bring the point across that you should always have a back up plan. Locks, while useful, won't stop a determined criminal. All they do is buy you time to ready yourself. There is only so much you can do defensively before you have to go on the offense. Should I go on the offense, I would like to have a weapon that I can easily reach out and touch someone with rather than having to get up close to use a weapon.

Saying that locks are good enough seems rather shortsighted. Afterall, if locks did such a good job, we would not have to worry about home invasions. Having a weapon at home is like having an insurance policy; It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

Only in Indiana... Some genius thought it would be a good idea to have a "2 for 1." One bar has a "Country & Western" theme and the other is a Hip Hop Club that also books heavy metal bands. Needless to say it makes the 11 o'clock news all the time. Some of the Pacers and Colts hang out there as well. Most incidents happen in the parking lot--the bar is in a very bad part of Indy. I went there once with my "ex" and I was "carrying."

[JodieTs]

Originally Posted by Tread

It would save much more life if more people would learn first aid than having a gun for home defense.

Why should a Thief kill you and should other people invade your home?

Originally Posted by KittyKaiti

Only an idiot would say something like "What are the chances of a home invasion actually happening? I don't really need to be prepared."
Now if you're like me and live in the ghetto and are a transsexual, you are at extraordinary risk of assault, rape, murder, home invasion, etc. I highly recommend arming yourself if you fall into this category of "high risk persons", such as myself.

In Europe and pretty much everywhere in the world, you have been stripped of your only defense against totalitarianism. Look at the United Kingdom. ...decaying into Police States and the people have no defense.

The UK is shit. And yes it has become a police state.
All the criminals are armed.
The rest of us are not.
it is illegal.
Even if we defend ourselves we are arrested.
And Transsexual women are very high up the stats for being murdered.
If you whore as well, your life expectancy drops to that of a Mayfly.

dailymail.co.uk Manchester-shopkeeper-72-stabs-armed-robber-death-florists.html
Yesterday, a 72 year old florist was playing dominoes.
His shop was shut.
Two armed men broke in.
There was a scuffle.
One of the armed robbers was fatally stabbed.
The shopkeeper was injured and taken to hospital.
The shopkeeper was also arrested on suspicion of murder.

For fucks sake, he should have been given a community medal and award.
He was later cleared. www.independent.co.uk/florist-raider-cleared-of-murde But that's not the point. He shouldn't have been arrested.
Norway. If some of those 75+ murdered teenagers had been armed then that nutter would have been killed before he had spent a whole hour executing them all.

Europe is shit.