From my reply to a thread elsewhere in THR, on intervening in domestic violence:
An option short of intervening with force is to hit the altercation with a powerful beam of light, from a safe distance, if the situation is occurring in low light. It is amazing what 100 to 200 lumens, from a well-focused beam, in someone's face, will accomplish. My Surefire LX2 Lumamax is more important to me than a handgun, even when I am on duty. (I work night-shift big-city police patrol.) I recently broke up a family altercation involving a knife, being held in reverse grip, with a sudden full application of 200 lumens right into a disturbed man's face. He had no idea I was there, before the light hit him, and he relaxed his grip on the knife. His adult daughters were holding each of his arms, in a mighty struggle, and the light not only disarmed him, but took all the fight out of him. In this case, I knew the people involved, so the successful outcome has a special meaning. I own no stock in Surefire, nor have any financial interest in any Surefire dealer. I am just a satisfied and very grateful customer, who has used everything from 6P and 6Z to the M2 Centurion, M3 Millenium, and various Weaponlights. When I can afford the near-$200 price of a second LX2, I will buy a spare.
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I wanted to share this with this sub-forum. As I know the folks involved in this incident, very well, it is especially gratifying that the incident ended without injury. This was part of a much longer reply, and I spent so much time composing it, I wanted to get added value. I did tweak it a bit, so it could stand alone as an informative post.
An option short of intervening with force is to hit the altercation with a powerful beam of light, from a safe distance, if the situation is occurring in low light. It is amazing what 100 to 200 lumens, from a well-focused beam, in someone's face, will accomplish. My Surefire LX2 Lumamax is more important to me than a handgun, even when I am on duty. (I work night-shift big-city police patrol.) I recently broke up a family altercation involving a knife, being held in reverse grip, with a sudden full application of 200 lumens right into a disturbed man's face. He had no idea I was there, before the light hit him, and he relaxed his grip on the knife. His adult daughters were holding each of his arms, in a mighty struggle, and the light not only disarmed him, but took all the fight out of him. In this case, I knew the people involved, so the successful outcome has a special meaning. I own no stock in Surefire, nor have any financial interest in any Surefire dealer. I am just a satisfied and very grateful customer, who has used everything from 6P and 6Z to the M2 Centurion, M3 Millenium, and various Weaponlights. When I can afford the near-$200 price of a second LX2, I will buy a spare.
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I wanted to share this with this sub-forum. As I know the folks involved in this incident, very well, it is especially gratifying that the incident ended without injury. This was part of a much longer reply, and I spent so much time composing it, I wanted to get added value. I did tweak it a bit, so it could stand alone as an informative post.