What is the best self defense product?

[artistanbul]

a bass guitar?

other than that, I too will say martial arts.
you need to understand what battle is to be able to respond in such situations.

bladed weapons and especially guns require you to be trained as well. the only thing you can buy for immediate protection could only be a bodyguard.

 

[machine gewehr]

Another vote for:

"Getting a weapon will probably cause more harm than good. Use your head, stay in safer areas, and travel in groups. Take some basic self-defense classes if you're still insecure."

Yup,nothing like a "lightning speed forehead" to the nose.

 

[Asa Samuel]

I'm voting for your head.

 

[flipper_gv]

cayenne pepper spray.

I've been sprayed out by a drunk I've punched him on the nose.who tried (the week before)

It really really really hurts, for a long time.

 

[Muusers]

a big tuna, nothing hurts more than a tuna slapped across the face

 

[Bassic83]

a big tuna, nothing hurts more than a tuna slapped across the face

Except maybe a sawfish...

 

[doctorjazz]

#1 would be common sense.

#2 is a firearm and sufficient training to know how to use it and when.

 

[hbarcat]

a big tuna, nothing hurts more than a tuna slapped across the face

 

[Bassic83]

 

[dancehallclasher]

this version's better

 

[L-A]

#1 is common sense and it implies knowing that #2 is not a weapon. Why?

If your attacker does not have a weapon, martial arts will do the trick.
If your attacker does have a weapon, you'd rather not try to pull yours out while his is already pointed at you.

One of the first rules of self-defence is, if one has a weapon, do what one says. It's better than dying from your heroic manoeuver.

 

[hbarcat]

this version's better

HEE HEE HEEEEEEE!

 

[WarofAges]

chuck norris

 

[WarofAges]

Actually, in all seriousness, I usually carry a knife just under the legal blade length and it always gives a sense of security. But this, and pepper spray, baton, and a taser could all be turned against me. That and i dont know if i would want to stab some one in the face or the gut over trying to get my wallet.

The right mentality is the best i guess. A jab to the throat will bring any body down, the shock, and the fact that you cant breathe for a while, that'll sstop some one. If you do that before they even finish their sentence and finish the job or run away, i think that would be the best way

 

[funkalicious101]

John Turner's number on speed dial.

 

[doctorjazz]

^ BEING John Turner...

 

[hbarcat]

Actually, in all seriousness, I usually carry a knife just under the legal blade length and it always gives a sense of security. But this, and pepper spray, baton, and a taser could all be turned against me. That and i dont know if i would want to stab some one in the face or the gut over trying to get my wallet.

That is the perfect formula to get yourself maimed or killed. But you pretty much admitted that.

The right mentality is the best i guess. A jab to the throat will bring any body down, the shock, and the fact that you cant breathe for a while, that'll sstop some one. If you do that before they even finish their sentence and finish the job or run away, i think that would be the best way

That's a really great plan. However, that plan needs to be practiced before it will work properly.

Take a self defense class. Better yet, learn martial arts.

 

[JustJeffJr.]

a glock and a permit.

+10
Don't buy the whole anti-gun thing, Switzerland has compulsory gun ownership for all legal age males, and last I checked, a single-digit crime rate. The number of defensive gun uses in this country is way up there too. Martial arts only really works if A) You're an expert (years of discipline and practice) -or- B) the other guy is playing by the rules and using martial arts too. Good luck with that. I'll take hardware any day, thank you.

If you do get a gun... get this one:

 

[standupright]

My lawyer says I'm not supposed to show them in public unless I plan on using them.

weird......my doctor said the same thing during my last prostate exam.

 

[hbarcat]

+10
Don't buy the whole anti-gun thing, Switzerland has compulsory gun ownership for all legal age males, and last I checked, a single-digit crime rate. The number of defensive gun uses in this country is way up there too. Martial arts only really works if A) You're an expert (years of discipline and practice) -or- B) the other guy is playing by the rules and using martial arts too. Good luck with that. I'll take hardware any day, thank you.

If you do get a gun... get this one:

Martial arts works extremely well against everything except... some a-hole with a gun! Even then, it works better than trying to pull out your own gun to use against the other person's gun.

Yes, it does take lots of practice. If you can't commit to at least a year of weekly practice, then don't bother.