[extropy-chat] self-defense concerns

[Rafal Smigrodzki]

BillK wrote:

>On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 07:44:23 -0700 (PDT), Mike Lorrey wrote:
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>>Self defense rests primarily on your ability to communicate
>>to the assailant that you WILL go to the extreme if the assailant
>>pushes things, that you are not willing to be victimized to any degree.
>>
>>If your assailant is significantly more massive than you, AND has
>>martial arts training, you need a weapon and you need to know how to
>>use it. Specifically you need a gun and a license to carry it, along
>>with a firearms self defense course. Unless you are willing to use it,
>>though, you might as well not even try.
>>
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>LOL :) 
>Yup, if you dress in fatigues, wear a flak jacket, carry an AK47, with
>plenty of spare ammunition boxes hanging around, then I guess you will
>communicate something to the people around you.
>
### Outlandish outfits are not needed: the old Czech P 40, properly 
used, will protect you by communicating to the assailant that this is 
his last assault, ever.

Rafal