goosegunner
Member
I do not carry a defensive weapon, as I don't find it to be of any significant benefit to me. Low crime, illegal (mostly, it is possible to find "creative" solutions), no tradition of beeing armed for protection (last 150 years at least) and the fact that most situations is best solved by avoiding them have caused me to find a weapon to be more of a problem than a help. Other people in other situations will ofcourse come to other conclutions.
However, after thinking it through, self defence from human predators of any kind would be long down on my list of possibly lifethreathning situations for me or the ones close to me. Traffic accidents, machinery accidents, accute illness, falling in a staircase, and noumerous other situations will have a return priod far higher than violent crime.
My approach to this have been to carry, at all times, a limited first aid kit, and increasing my knowledge in basic first-aid. In addition my situational awareness of course have increased by thinking/planning/discussing such possibilities.
So what toughts have all of you given to this side of you and your loved ones everyday survivability?
However, after thinking it through, self defence from human predators of any kind would be long down on my list of possibly lifethreathning situations for me or the ones close to me. Traffic accidents, machinery accidents, accute illness, falling in a staircase, and noumerous other situations will have a return priod far higher than violent crime.
My approach to this have been to carry, at all times, a limited first aid kit, and increasing my knowledge in basic first-aid. In addition my situational awareness of course have increased by thinking/planning/discussing such possibilities.
So what toughts have all of you given to this side of you and your loved ones everyday survivability?