Alerting your SO to a threat by phone, have you thought about it?

[Larry Ashcraft]

What are your plans?

These scenarios were presented by our CCW instructor (Leonard) today:

Suppose your wife is leaving work and calls you to tell you she is on the way home. Someone jumps in the car with a knife and says: "ONE WORD AND I'LL SLIT YOUR THROAT!"

Or:

You are leaving a meeting and you call your wife to see if she needs you to get anything on the way home. She is being held by intruders and need to get the message to you that she is in danger without alerting the intruders.

Do you have plans for this scenario?

You need a plan, not when it happens, but now.

Leonard's solution: A code. Leonard's and his wife's parents are deceased. Their code is: "Oh, your dad called, he said he would call again later" Or, if there are two assailants; "Your dad called, he said he would call back at 2:00"

Please discuss. I would like opinions and options.

 

[geekWithA.45]

You're dad called. He said he'll get back to you at thirty seven hundred hours.

 

[sm]

Congrats Larry and Sandy. I have read your Email. Be nice to me or I will make suggestions to Sandy...and folks JUST thought the 28 ga bug was bad.

Yep, Have Code Words and Code Signals

Not just for Married folks, folks with SOs, kids, or with a group of other shooters, or us single folks.

I am single, no kids sired by me. I have been married, and had a stepson once. My Grandparents are all dead. Throughout my entire life, even as a wee pup - there have been certain code words and signals.

Since I know you two Larry and Sandy I will send some ideas via email.

Me, always hated cats. Quite a few codes can be obtained from that.

My wife at one time had a gesture , a certain one, if something was up, or suspicious. something she could use sitting, either at a table/ booth/ car.

Terms of endearment, just pick one that to anyone listening would mean nothing. Something you never call each other, not even by accident, and not gender specific. If that term is used, red flag goes up.

Now all you two gotta figure out which one is gonna be "SurgerPlum" and the other "HoneyBun".

*snicker...snicker*

Steve

 

[Lucky]

I don't think my family's wierd, but my mother taught us code-word and stuff, as kids. If you were ever in doubt ask for the code-word. If a car pulls up and offers you a ride home, they would know the code-word. Stuff like that.

I don't want to sound dark or morbid, but if you are about to engage in combat with an armed opponent, and you have the opportunity to say some last-words to a loved-one, make them meaningful. 'I love you.' 'I'm sorry for the times I was rude to you.' 'Tell the kids to never back down from what they belive in.' 'I don't wan't to be buried there.' 'Take some semen from by testes and impregnate yourself so the line can be carried on.' 'I buried the money by the tree.'

At the very least 'Send an ambulance to the parking lot at work.' If you are an optimist.

 

[Spot77]

I have very creative codes worked out with my wife and daughter, but for security reasons it wouldn't be very prudent to post anything even similar on the internet.

Good idea to bring this up though; I suspect many haven't prepared for such a thing.

 

[artherd]

You're dad called. He said he'll get back to you at thirty seven hundred hours.

Great Hon, I'll see you tommorow!

 

[torpid]

Suppose your wife is leaving work and calls you to tell you she is on the way home. Someone jumps in the car with a knife and says: "ONE WORD AND I'LL SLIT YOUR THROAT!"

So, she's leaving work (in a car I assume) and someone jumps into her car with a knife and says: "ONE WORD AND I'LL SLIT YOUR THROAT!"?

So I've heard the assailant yelling it while we are on the phone.

One word and her throat's slit, but I'm free to talk to her as much as I like in this scenario (perhaps like, "It sounds like someone's attacking you dear- if you can't reply due to potential throat-slittage, please drive to XXXX, and I'll let the police know you're headed there)?

What good is a code word in this situation?



Or am I in a car (not mentioned)?
If it's my car, then she likely heard the assailant yelling it while we are on the phone, and I surely am not going to be driving anywhere near her or our home.

One word and my throat's slit, but my wife is free to talk to me as much as she likes in this scenario?

What good is a code word in this situation?


You're making a crazy mixed-up scenario world here!!!

 

[Jordan]

I don't mean to take you off topic, but is this instructor's name Leonard Jiminez?

 

[Larry Ashcraft]

I don't mean to take you off topic, but is this instructor's name Leonard Jiminez?

That's him. Do you know him? (Apparently so, or you wouldn't know his name.)

 

[NoahFN]

My SO and I discussed this sort of thing just last night. It was getting late, she was working and I hadn't heard from her yet, so I gave her a call.

She made some sort of a joke about being held hostage or some such, and remembering that she doesn't work in the best part of town I suggested that we make a code word to let each other know if there was ever trouble. We chose a word, hopefully we'll never have to use it.

 

[scbair]

The code I've taught my wife & kids is, "Bring a broom." That means someone goofed & tried to victimize one of 'em, and it's my job to sweep up the mess!

 

[Jordan]

Larry-- Just a case of "small world".

I lived in Golden years ago and was a CO gun show regular. I got to be friends with him somehow just by stopping at his table. He'd be there with his granddaughter (she's probably grown up by now). I bought some guns from him and he was always really cool. I brought some homemade cinnamon rolls into him at one show. Let me take one gun home before the paperwork went through.. probably based on the fact that I'd bought other guns from him and this one was like on personal "loan" until the paperwork cleared... nice guy. I took a pistol class from him, there in his basement.. he took extra time with me afterwards to introduce me to reloading. Nice, nice guy.

 

[Andrew Rothman]

How `bout simply calling your SO by her middle name (and vice versa)? Easy to remember, easy to recognize, and utterly innocent to an outsider.

 

[Kestrel]

My wife and I simply have decoder rings. We keep them indexed to a certain mark and if there's any trouble, one of us turns the pointer to another mark.

Of course, sometimes it's a week or so before one of us notices that the other ring's pointer is moved to another mark...

A couple of times, if there was trouble, one of us would suggest we play Scrabble (the one that knew there was trouble would make the suggestion). At some point into the game, the one that knew there was trouble would spell out a message in pig-latin, for the other to read. Once, I spelled out for my wife to look at my decoder ring, since I had changed the pointer on it when I had some car trouble two weeks prior and she never noticed...

 

[atlctyslkr]

"There's water in the basement and the pilot light is out"

 

[answerguy]

"Bring a broom." Which of course means bring one of these:

(a broom handled mauser, in case this is your first day here)

 

[Igloodude]

My wife and I have one. It's essentially a response to "How's your day going/how you doing/etc" and the meaning is outwardly "so-so/fine" but the exact phrase being used means "OMFGHELPTHERE'SAHUGEPROBLEMICANTTALKABOUT!!!!"

Followed by questions designed to covertly clarify the situation and/or confirm that there's indeed trouble "Hey, did my mom (a decade deceased) ever call back this morning?"

 

[LAK]

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Yep, Have Code Words and Code Signals

These and a variety of plans of action are a good idea for hostage situations at home as well.

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[Azrael256]

No, Lucky, your family isn't weird. I was taught to do the codeword thing in elementary school. 'Course, dad was a cop, so we had been doing it for years already. It was also handy because dad knew the SRO, so anybody picking me up who I didn't already know was introduced to me by the uniformed officer who checked his ID.

 

[MedGrl]

Growing up my family had code words and phrases. We were a military family and always moving so it was hard for a little kid of five or seven to remember if we had met this person since moving to that post. I think more families use a code word system than is ever talked about and that is probably a good thing. You realy shouldn't advertise that you have a code since that would compromise them. Word travels and not always to the people you wanted.

 

[1911 guy]

Guitars

My wife really liked the "Desperado" movies with Antonio Banderas. Consequently, her code for telling me something is wrong is to mention something about a guitar. Nobody in our house plays it, so it's an unusual reference. My response is to ask yes or no questions that give quick info and hopefully allow me to 1) get the fuzz on the horn and 2) be prepared to deal with it if I beat the police there.

 

[steveracer]

I use a pet name that makes her mad.

For example, my wife's name, if it were Nicole, and I call her Niki, whe would know I was in trouble.
My name, for example, if it were Rob, and she called my Bobby, I'd know to call the cavalry.