Hello all,
If this is more appropriately posted in Strategies and Tactics, please advise.
I'm wondering if anyone has suggestions for alternative weapons that one would not have to leave behind when entering weapons-restricted areas.
I am an attorney who is in and out of courthouses fairly frequently, where guns, knives, etc., are forbidden.
I have not made the decision to carry a firearm generally, but do carry a leatherman or pocketknife most of the time. Even these I cannot bring to the courthouse. I am not trained in any of the fighting, grappling, or boxing arts, and would appreciate having some means of self-defense when I am there.
I once saw a mini-kubuton style rod that attached to one's keys, as a keychain, but could be used as a striking object. This is more of an under the radar weapon, and I'm not sure if that would pass muster at security, but it's along the lines of the kind of thing I'm thinking about.
I also recall seeing a thread somewhere here about objects that could be purchased on the airline gate side of security, such as a fist-stized brass Sears Tower replica, which could be used once on the plane if a situation developed. This is the kind of alternative suggestion I am looking for. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
Is my best option just an empty hand self-defense class, and a creative view to the objects in my vicinity? Fire extinguishers, for instance, always struck me as having significant usefulness to fend off an attack.
If this is more appropriately posted in Strategies and Tactics, please advise.
I'm wondering if anyone has suggestions for alternative weapons that one would not have to leave behind when entering weapons-restricted areas.
I am an attorney who is in and out of courthouses fairly frequently, where guns, knives, etc., are forbidden.
I have not made the decision to carry a firearm generally, but do carry a leatherman or pocketknife most of the time. Even these I cannot bring to the courthouse. I am not trained in any of the fighting, grappling, or boxing arts, and would appreciate having some means of self-defense when I am there.
I once saw a mini-kubuton style rod that attached to one's keys, as a keychain, but could be used as a striking object. This is more of an under the radar weapon, and I'm not sure if that would pass muster at security, but it's along the lines of the kind of thing I'm thinking about.
I also recall seeing a thread somewhere here about objects that could be purchased on the airline gate side of security, such as a fist-stized brass Sears Tower replica, which could be used once on the plane if a situation developed. This is the kind of alternative suggestion I am looking for. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
Is my best option just an empty hand self-defense class, and a creative view to the objects in my vicinity? Fire extinguishers, for instance, always struck me as having significant usefulness to fend off an attack.