About a month ago [in March of 2012], in Vermont, Melissa Jenkins, mother of a 2-year-old boy, was lured out of her house and killed, for fun. She was killed by a couple, a husband and wife. The husband, Allen Prue, used to plow Jenkins’ driveway. He also had repeatedly asked her out on dates, […]
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Ambush attackers to deprive them use of their weapons In the previous self-defense tip, Knocking Out or Otherwise Incapacitating Assailants, I wrote that the “majority of the most reliable tactics could be called ‘ambushes’” and that someday I will write more about ambushes. Today is that day. In essence, an ambush is an attack done
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The most effective methods of knocking out or incapacitating enemies This tip is my comment on an article on knockouts in violent encounters, written by James LaFond and published in Black Belt magazine. First, two lists of various methods of knocking out or otherwise incapacitating an opponent, based on James LaFond’s analysis of 1,675 acts
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Home defense: Monitoring and defending your home In this tip I bring to your attention two items concerning security of your living quarters: 1. iZON Remote Room Monitor streams live video and audio to your iOS device when it detects movement or sound in whatever room it is placed. That means that no matter where
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Weapon reliability: Knife vs. straight razor Asked about his preference, a straight knife or a straight razor, G. S. first replied, “Get lost.” When pressed, he repeated, “Get lost.” But finally being a good friend, he relented and said, “Knife.” Asked why, he said: “Once I slashed a fellow, my razor got jammed in his
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When seconds count, police are only minutes away … or hours… no matter how short the distance…. Quotes from the press, comments, and the lesson: “The police arrived at an island massacre about an hour and a half after a gunman first opened fire, slowed because they didn’t have quick access to a helicopter and
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Read before having to defend yourself from a criminal assault A must-read if after defending from a criminal assault you don’t want to be victimized by the law: “Legal Advice on Deadly Force From the Witness Stand” by Ernest Emerson After reading Ernest Emerson’s legal advice, see Self-Defense Tip #130 — Must-Knows for Use of
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Self-defense resources — free but valuable In this tip I share with you a few valuable resources. Here they are: US Concealed Carry at www.usconcealedcarry.com offers much more than just info on guns in self-defense. You will also find there info that pertains to self-defense and personal protection whether you are armed or not. You
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Are there bulletproof umbrellas or bullet-resistant umbrellas? Now and then we get asked if our Unbreakable® Umbrella is bulletproof and/or stabproof and whether we can make its canopy out of a bulletproof fabric, such as Kevlar® or Spectra Shield®. Keeping in mind that the Unbreakable® Umbrella weighs under 2 lb, the question “Is it bulletproof?”
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Glancing through an issue of Black Belt magazine, which I get free because I run my ads in it sometimes, I stumbled upon a write-up of a “tactical pen.” There are several such “tactical” pens from various companies, priced from under $20.00 to $250.00. Ponder this and then look at the video below (from Self-Defense
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