First, a definition for those few who don’t know the term swatting: Swatting is causing a police SWAT team to attack someone based on the false report of a dangerous or violent situation (e.g., a bomb threat or hostage-taking). The false report can be made by any means, but most often it is done by […]
Another failure countered his sense of unimportance by hurting many people. Media helped. A mess-up wanted to get attention and, for a lack of other qualifications, killed and maimed many people — and media obliged as usual. They showed his picture and broadcast his name and his wannabe affiliation — instead of just stating that
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Empty-hand defenses against knife attacks Most terrorist vehicle attacks are followed by knife attacks, because stabbing and slashing disarmed and shocked people with a knife is easy. Empty hands stand no chance against the knife of a determined attacker. To knock out the knife-wielding attacker, the defender’s limbs need to enter the knife’s cutting zone
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This does not contain practical advice, so it is not a self-defense tip but a statement of fact. In October 2010, Al Qaeda, in its English-language magazine Inspire, urged its followers to use trucks as weapons. Also in 2010, Boris Johnson, then the mayor of London, ordered removal of barriers from London Bridge and other
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Stupid opinions on Unbreakable® Umbrella in defense against knife attack Now and then, on some forum, someone writes a post about using the Unbreakable® Umbrella for self-defense, for example, against a knife attack. If the post includes a link to unbreakableumbrella.com I find out about it because my web-stat app tells me where traffic to
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This does not contain practical advice, so it is not a self-defense tip but a statement of fact. Last weekend in London three murderers killed 7 people and injured 48, of which 21 critically. The attackers drove a car into a crowd and then proceeded to knife people. The attack lasted 16 minutes. Police arrived
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Improvised weapons vs. weapons of opportunity Google “improvised weapons” and you will find instructions on how to use ordinary keys in self-defense, so this is why I titled this tip the way I did. Nevertheless, to me a bunch of keys is not an improvised weapon but rather a weapon of opportunity. To me keys
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Unarmed, or worse, disarmed against the blade What would you do against a blade-wielding attacker in a sterile environment, no equalizers around you, and you can’t run away? This is a question asked by a reader of Self-Defense Tip #98 — Defense Against Knife Attack: Table. Below is the entire exchange between the reader and
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This does not contain practical advice, so it is not a self-defense tip but a statement of fact and a heads-up. French police do a great job recruiting for ISIS. They raped an arrestee (in a similar manner to NYPD officers’ rape of Abner Luima and who knows how many others). ISIS, al-Qaeda, or whatever
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Effectiveness and deniability of self-defense techniques Self-defense techniques must be reliably effective, but they should also be deniable. Deniability is important in self-defense, whether you are armed with everyday objects or empty-handed. I have explained why in Self-Defense Tip #99, which applies to everyday objects you may use for personal protection. This tip though deals
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