Living Your Life Safely Without a Gun

Great advice so far...it's always nice to pick up a tip or two!

Re: home security, burglars hate time, light and noise, so I have plenty of all incorporated into my home security design.

Time: good locks on all windows and doors to keep them out. If they get in, they'll be frustrated by the interior locks we use.

Light: if needed this place lights up like a Christmas tree thanks to motion sensors and, when needed, interior lights set to go off at certain times in no predictable pattern (this gives the appearance someone is home instead of having the one "nobody's here" light on in the kitchen / living room, etc).

Noise: an alarm (alarm signs are good too) and dogs are great for this. My dogs are exceptional at detecting movement outside the house; that's their job and I'm glad to have them.

I don't want any crooks in my neighborhood, but if I do have them I want my place to be the most difficult target to get into. It may sound crass, but I want them to select another target.

I hope this helps!

Take care,
DFW1911

I like Marc MacYoung's website about this issue http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/ He says that a lot of self-defense sources teach you how to fight, not self-defense, which can get you into legal trouble. He says that many of these places don't teach you how to avoid the situation in the first place or don't spend much time in that area.

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Hi GuyWithQuestions;

Nice website, but the man seems too worried about the moral or psychological consequences of hurting or killing people that mean to harm or kill you. I’m not into that, nor should anyone else that firmly believes that your life and the life of the people you love is worth defending with deadly force. There can’t be a grain of doubt in this regard, or else you will crack and fail when the time comes.

I don’t know this man, what’s he’s seen or done, but I don’t understand such sensitivities when it comes to defending your life and the life of your loved ones.

FerFAL

Nice website, but the man seems too worried about the moral or psychological consequences of hurting or killing people that mean to harm or kill you. I’m not into that, nor should anyone else that firmly believes that your life and the life of the people you love is worth defending with deadly force. There can’t be a grain of doubt in this regard, or else you will crack and fail when the time comes.

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What he's saying here is something important. Any deadly force encounter you have will fit within the moral and social framework you've been socialized into from your first day as a human.
Not mentioning the moral and psychological ramifications is only talking about one component of the experience. We all have to look within ourselves and ask very probing and difficult questions of ourselves with regard to deadly force usage.
Because you have already done this, or at least seem to from your post, does not mean that everyone reading that site has. Some people buy a gun as a talisman against bad situations or treat it as a death ray that is somehow seperate from them as people. At the time of a shooting in self-defense, you'll either have dealt with these issues beforehand or have a very sour epiphany that you, not the gun, killed someone.
For some, this is a hard thing to accept. For others, it's elementary.

Don't wear a watch! Use your mobile phone as a pocket watch, or buy a real pocket watch, and don't use a visible chain. I have taken countless reports from robbery victims, and the two most common opening lines are requests for a light or the time. "Got the time?" People tend to habitually look at their wrists, and what they end up seeing is stars and tweety birds.

More on watches: That nice Rolex makes you a target of what we call "Rolex Bandits." No, there is no one Rolex Bandit, they are many, and everywhere, and your Movado, Omega, and Patek will also do just fine. I moonlight in the daylight one day a week as security at a jewelry store. One customer, who bought a Rolex, and had a CHL, told me he had never had to draw his weapon until he bought a Rolex, and since then he had drawn his weapon twice in a mere few weeks. He asked me for advice; I don't remember what I told him, but I wanted to tell him, "DU-UH!"

When watching people, what questions should you be asking yourself about them?

and whats the brand of a good pocketwatch?

I wear a big cowboy hat, walk with my arms free of my sides and wear mirrored sunglasses.

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I never thought Burt Reynolds was that scary.

8. Keep your wallet in your front pocket. Why anyone keeps their wallet sticking halfway out their back pocket is beyond me. Also, if you're going into an area known for world-class pickpockets (New Orleans), put a think rubber band around your wallet... this will make it really grip the inside of your pocket.

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I do this one. Not only does it keep guys from nabbing you wallet but its also better for your back.

Use your mobile phone as a pocket watch, or buy a real pocket watch, and don't use a visible chain.

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Because no one would want to pound you for a nice mobile phone.


My favorite tactic is to eye ball the under side of the car as I'm walking up to it. You can see all the way under it at a distance and can even see feet if someone is hiding on the other side.

Learn real full contact krav maga, it keeps you alive out in the streets

Blessedly, I've little worry about my house.

Much more concern while hiking in the woods with large marijuana growing operations staffed with illegal aliens and run by Mexican drug cartels.

I guess it all has to do with where you live.