Subj : Re: Carry Pistols
To   : Jimmy Anderson
From : Moondog
Date : Sun Jan 08 2023 02:45 pm

  Re: Re: Carry Pistols
  By: Jimmy Anderson to Arelor on Sat Jan 07 2023 09:59 pm

 > -=> Arelor wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-
 > 
 >  > My backup is a tactical pen. I can carry it where a gun is not legal, and
 >  > it makes for a great 'poker!'
 >  >
 > 
 >  Ar> I am not a fan of so called tactical pens. For one thing, they don't
 >  Ar> cut. Knives don't write, but if you need to write something you are
 >  Ar> more likely to find a pen lying around than a good knife. ie. if I am
 >  Ar> at home and need to pick a pen for taking a note, I will find one in a
 >  Ar> drawer. If I am in the horseyard and one of the horses gets entangled
 >  Ar> with a rope, I won't have a knife unless I pack one myself.
 > 
 > I carry a pocketknife also, but even that is not allowed some places.
 > 
 >  Ar> There is also the fact that no LEO is getting fooled by a tactical pen.
 >  Ar> It is gonna be classified as a weapon. If you are going to carry
 >  Ar> something that will be classified as a weapon with the intention of
 >  Ar> using it as a weapon, you may as well pack the real deal.
 > 
 > Not worrieda about LEO when it comes to a posted area like a movie
 > theater, bank, school, etc.
 > 
 > And I'm not trying to 'fool' any body with it. It's my backup in the
 > event someone tries to wrestle with my gun hand, preventing a draw.
 > The pen is in my shirt pocket and I can grab it with either hand, but
 > it's also 'better than nothing' if I can't carry my gun...
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > ... Every crowd has a silver lining - Phineas Taylor Barnum

Situational awareness is you greatest tool.  Refuse to be a victim by
avoiding becoming a victim.  If someone is watching you as if something is goi
ng to happen, the chances are you casually pause and look around and see if
someone else is looking suspicious.  If you can walk on the opposite side of
an obstacle and not forced to be in close proximity with a person is quick and
 easy.  Look out for peple in parking lots, or if there were several open
parking spots, but a van parked along side you.  Then van situation is
normally advised to women because an attacker can be waiting in the van, thne
open the side door and grab the victim as they are trying to unlock their
car.  I knew a state policeman who gave that advice to everyone, because
abduction by van was common when he was doing VIP protection working as an MP
while deployed in Germany in the Army.

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