Comment on A 19-year old cis lesbian woman was beaten unconscious and robbed after she tried to use the women's restroom at a McDonald's in Carpentersville, Illinois

FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Stun guns, while potentially being intimidating to a lone attacker, is surprisingly ineffective if actually used for defense.

  Pepper spray, specifically the type that uses a stream instead of a fine mist, is far more effective at stopping an attack and giving an opportunity to escape.

  I recommend POM pepper spray, personally.

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  • MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Yeah I’ve been hit by a few stun guns, but not the police kind. It hurts sure and it makes a scary noise, but if I were intent on violence they would not stop me.

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    • 0x0@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      The police kind might actually kill you.

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      • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        But also are still only 60% effective and can be defeated with a thick coat, besides you need to have the exact distance between prongs for intramuscular incapacitation, too close, too far, or one prong miss will all likely fail to adequately incapacitate the attacker.

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  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    It’s a good option, no doubt.

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• AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Two rolls of quarters are entirely legal to carry, and act as makeshift brass knuckles in a pinch.

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  • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Shattering your knuckles sounds like a bad idea, especially if your initial defense does not incapacitate your attacker, as it may render you unable to continue to fight back.

    As Despoticun mentioned, a ‘tactical’ style flashlight or pen would be better options.

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  • despoticruin@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    If you go this route then hammer, don’t punch. I hear that those small steel flashlights with the castellated heads are perfect for exactly that kind of swing.

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    • Geetnerd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      My Tae Kwon Do instructor told us to strike the hard stuff (knife hand/hammer the head,) and punch the soft stuff (body.)

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      • despoticruin@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        You can put a bit more force into a punch from a standing position because you can use your legs, but using a weapon that adds mass to your hands can very easily cause permanent damage if you punch. Using strikes takes advantage of the weapon itself to take the majority of the recoil. The combination of the added mass usually makes the weaponed strike hit harder than an unassisted punch either way.

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  • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Fitspacks are always a bad idea. If you want something legal to carry, start keeping your keys on a locking carbiner rated for rock climbing. If it has a kilonewton (kN) rating stamped in it, it is suitable. This won’t collapse on your hand and no amount of force any human is capable of generating will break it, but anyone whose nose you drive it into at maximum effort is likely to remember the experience. This should also be legal to carry anywhere.

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  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Definitely not a bad way to go in a pinch.

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• BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I have a slock, which is a lock on a piece of pantyhose. It can be untied and left in my bag and nobody will know what it is at an airport.

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