Chances are if you are ever involved in an emergency situation, it will happen at night. As a rule, criminals and bad guys like to operate when the sun goes down. We seem to be much more defenseless at night. This is why you should invest in a quality tactical flashlight.
Tactical flashlights are small flashlights that can easily be carried on your body. Generally, they are black, small, and unusually bright. Many even come with a clip that hooks onto your belt loop or pocket. Buy a tactical flashlight that shines a beam of at least 200 lumen.
A company called Surefire produces a 700 lumen flashlight, the Lawman, and a 500 lumen flashlight called the Fury. While these are excellent flashlights, they are also quite expensive. You can find good quality, inexpensive tactical flashlights, at your local hardware store. A finely focused 200 lumen beam aimed directly at an attacker's eyes will inhibit his vision for up to 3 seconds. In the same vein, a 500 or 700 lumen beam could blind the guy for almost 4 seconds. This grants you precious escape and evasion time. You should practice landing a beam on a target that mimics an assailant's eyes, and then escaping quickly after. In this case, you have just purchased 2 to 3 more life-saving seconds.
It's also a great idea to buy an inexpensive pocket knife that is small and can be attached to your belt or hidden in your pocket. A good pocket knife can be used as a tool or a weapon of last resort. Under the best conditions, your pocket knife could notify your attacker that you are not an easy target and that he should move on to someone else. You're probably thinking that only backwoods red necks wear pocket knives, but I doubt that criminals are preying on these backwoods survivalist types.
Most people do not want to carry a concealed handgun. Years of expensive training are needed to properly handle a firearm under emergency conditions. You don't need much training to operate a tactical flashlight or a can of pepper spray. Tactical pepper spray classes are offered at several gun ranges and will teach you to use it in an emergency. Anyone who carries a can of pepper spray should take classes on its emergency use.
Each of these three tools are designed to buy you time to escape the threat or survive the emergency. Lethal weapons are designed to stop the threat. Less than lethal weapons are designed to discourage the threat or distract the threat long enough (usually only 2 or 3 seconds) for your to escape the threat. Practice using these implements with this in mind.
Tactical flashlights are small flashlights that can easily be carried on your body. Generally, they are black, small, and unusually bright. Many even come with a clip that hooks onto your belt loop or pocket. Buy a tactical flashlight that shines a beam of at least 200 lumen.
A company called Surefire produces a 700 lumen flashlight, the Lawman, and a 500 lumen flashlight called the Fury. While these are excellent flashlights, they are also quite expensive. You can find good quality, inexpensive tactical flashlights, at your local hardware store. A finely focused 200 lumen beam aimed directly at an attacker's eyes will inhibit his vision for up to 3 seconds. In the same vein, a 500 or 700 lumen beam could blind the guy for almost 4 seconds. This grants you precious escape and evasion time. You should practice landing a beam on a target that mimics an assailant's eyes, and then escaping quickly after. In this case, you have just purchased 2 to 3 more life-saving seconds.
It's also a great idea to buy an inexpensive pocket knife that is small and can be attached to your belt or hidden in your pocket. A good pocket knife can be used as a tool or a weapon of last resort. Under the best conditions, your pocket knife could notify your attacker that you are not an easy target and that he should move on to someone else. You're probably thinking that only backwoods red necks wear pocket knives, but I doubt that criminals are preying on these backwoods survivalist types.
Most people do not want to carry a concealed handgun. Years of expensive training are needed to properly handle a firearm under emergency conditions. You don't need much training to operate a tactical flashlight or a can of pepper spray. Tactical pepper spray classes are offered at several gun ranges and will teach you to use it in an emergency. Anyone who carries a can of pepper spray should take classes on its emergency use.
Each of these three tools are designed to buy you time to escape the threat or survive the emergency. Lethal weapons are designed to stop the threat. Less than lethal weapons are designed to discourage the threat or distract the threat long enough (usually only 2 or 3 seconds) for your to escape the threat. Practice using these implements with this in mind.
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