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Non-Firearm Weapon sub-forum is about non-firearm weapons, of course.
As a suggestion, one should access themselves, and their environment(s) and ACLs (activities of daily living). The Highroad is Global, since one accesses
THR using Internet. Internet is Global.
WE have members that are in countries, or visit countries, with restrictions. Even in the United States, we have restrictions. We also have members under the legal ages to carry firearms, knives, and "weapons". Add, we have members with teenagers, and kids, attending schools, where there are restrictions.
I was born in the mid 1950's, and one was "not dressed" without a pocketknife, and some way to make fire, and at least one "emergency dime" in which to use a payphone.
The "fire", be it a match, or lighter, also doubled as light. Yes, it was strongly suggested, one have a light on person, or close by.
Granted the small flashlights (torches) of the times, were not "that" great, still...
Everyone, ladies, gents, boys and girls, were "not dressed" without a pocketknife, and "fire" on person, and that dime.
Times were different, as we did carry knives to school, and matches, and lighters, and...
No backpacks, or lockers in elementary school...no government meddlin', and other nonsense, as we have today. Parents, parented, mentors mentored, and teachers, taught.
It is too easy to get caught up in THE Great Equipment Race. Having to have the latest, greatest gun, holster, ammunition, knife, defensive spray, cane, and so forth.
Even with Freedoms, to legally carry weapons,and non-firearm weapons, there are NPEs. Non Permissive [to weapons] Environments.
Best known areas are Airports, Courtrooms, and Government Buildings.
My point is, do not rely on physical things to keep you safe, instead, train the brain.
Your child, in first grade, cannot carry a gun or knife, nor can your teenagers in High School.
What threats, do you, your wife/husband/kids, NEED to concern themselves with, and what non-firearm weapons, do they need to have on person, in the event of a serious situation?
You can teach, train, a child to use a Number Two pencil, on Femoral, Carotid, arteries in the event of such a need, however, your child may benefit more from having a small, flashlight, coaches whistle and if allowed, a cell phone.
The Swiss Tech, 6-in-1 tool, "might" be allowed, in school, check first, still this might prove useful.
I know a door stop would be.
Not everything defaults to "gun" or "knife" or "____". The brain should be default, as that is the only thing for sure, one is going to have with them, if something, serious, occurs.
Serious weather, such as storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding, mud-slides, might be the "threat" your child, or teenager has to deal with at school.
The same can be said, for you, or your spouse.
What do you have on person, that if matters got serious, could you "deal with the threat"?
True:
When the fire alarm went off in the nice hotel I was staying in, in Dallas, I did not worry about the shotgun I had in a garment bag. Nor did I care about the extra handgun. Instead, my main concern for "equipment" was the bandannas, and flashlights. Oh, I also had a coaches whistle.
I forget exactly what floor I was on, I want to say the Eleventh, no matter, I and others used the stairwells.
A lot of darn good a 12 ga pump shotgun, and Big Bore Revolver, would have done against smoke, and fire...
I did use my pocketknife, to make some "bandanna's" for others, out of towels, shirts, robes, whatever...
My flashlights, were a comfort, especially to kids and elderly.
Oh I am not against guns, knives and "equipment", all I am suggesting, is folks do a reality check with not only themselves, also spouses, and kids, and train the brain for the threats one might find themselves in, and then get trained up, with the "equipment", one can use.
This equipment might include things one can carry, all the time, and, most important, the ability to use expedient, and improvised tools.
Software, not hardware.
Steve
As a suggestion, one should access themselves, and their environment(s) and ACLs (activities of daily living). The Highroad is Global, since one accesses
THR using Internet. Internet is Global.
WE have members that are in countries, or visit countries, with restrictions. Even in the United States, we have restrictions. We also have members under the legal ages to carry firearms, knives, and "weapons". Add, we have members with teenagers, and kids, attending schools, where there are restrictions.
I was born in the mid 1950's, and one was "not dressed" without a pocketknife, and some way to make fire, and at least one "emergency dime" in which to use a payphone.
The "fire", be it a match, or lighter, also doubled as light. Yes, it was strongly suggested, one have a light on person, or close by.
Granted the small flashlights (torches) of the times, were not "that" great, still...
Everyone, ladies, gents, boys and girls, were "not dressed" without a pocketknife, and "fire" on person, and that dime.
Times were different, as we did carry knives to school, and matches, and lighters, and...
No backpacks, or lockers in elementary school...no government meddlin', and other nonsense, as we have today. Parents, parented, mentors mentored, and teachers, taught.
It is too easy to get caught up in THE Great Equipment Race. Having to have the latest, greatest gun, holster, ammunition, knife, defensive spray, cane, and so forth.
Even with Freedoms, to legally carry weapons,and non-firearm weapons, there are NPEs. Non Permissive [to weapons] Environments.
Best known areas are Airports, Courtrooms, and Government Buildings.
My point is, do not rely on physical things to keep you safe, instead, train the brain.
Your child, in first grade, cannot carry a gun or knife, nor can your teenagers in High School.
What threats, do you, your wife/husband/kids, NEED to concern themselves with, and what non-firearm weapons, do they need to have on person, in the event of a serious situation?
You can teach, train, a child to use a Number Two pencil, on Femoral, Carotid, arteries in the event of such a need, however, your child may benefit more from having a small, flashlight, coaches whistle and if allowed, a cell phone.
The Swiss Tech, 6-in-1 tool, "might" be allowed, in school, check first, still this might prove useful.
I know a door stop would be.
Not everything defaults to "gun" or "knife" or "____". The brain should be default, as that is the only thing for sure, one is going to have with them, if something, serious, occurs.
Serious weather, such as storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding, mud-slides, might be the "threat" your child, or teenager has to deal with at school.
The same can be said, for you, or your spouse.
What do you have on person, that if matters got serious, could you "deal with the threat"?
True:
When the fire alarm went off in the nice hotel I was staying in, in Dallas, I did not worry about the shotgun I had in a garment bag. Nor did I care about the extra handgun. Instead, my main concern for "equipment" was the bandannas, and flashlights. Oh, I also had a coaches whistle.
I forget exactly what floor I was on, I want to say the Eleventh, no matter, I and others used the stairwells.
A lot of darn good a 12 ga pump shotgun, and Big Bore Revolver, would have done against smoke, and fire...
I did use my pocketknife, to make some "bandanna's" for others, out of towels, shirts, robes, whatever...
My flashlights, were a comfort, especially to kids and elderly.
Oh I am not against guns, knives and "equipment", all I am suggesting, is folks do a reality check with not only themselves, also spouses, and kids, and train the brain for the threats one might find themselves in, and then get trained up, with the "equipment", one can use.
This equipment might include things one can carry, all the time, and, most important, the ability to use expedient, and improvised tools.
Software, not hardware.
Steve
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