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Originally Posted by Madelaine Amee
I am reasonably quick on my feet, but believe me if I had a gun pointed at me I would certainly not start fumbling around for a gun, and trying to get a gun out of my waist band - by that time you would be dead.
BUT, there is another solution - carry a pepper spray in your pocket, or even in your hand as you leave a store, just in case. It would be easy for me to spray the b......d with as much pepper as I could spray rather than try to shoot him.
Amazon.com has Mace Pepper Spray Personal Defense Spray (Hot Pink) for $12.
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If you are going to rely on a pepper spray, get a military or police grade one. When you point it at someone, don't aim for their head...aim for the chest and they will instinctively duck into it and you will then hit them in the face. Hint: Be sure they are downwind from you or you will get it, too.
When walking to your car, if you have your purse on your shoulder, walk as close as possible to the car line on the side where your purse is with your purse swung in front of your body, not dangling loose. That makes it much harder for them to drive by and grab. If confronted, throw it as far away from you as you can and throw your keys in the opposite direction or hit the panic button on your remote, if you have one.
Don't put your purse in the front of your vehicle, leave in the top of the basket, or let it dangle from your shoulder while you unload groceries, etc. Put your purse and your keys in the back as near the front as possible and then unload in front of them. All the while, remain vigilant to what is going on around you.
When shopping, I put my purse in the
bottom of the cart underneath the child carrier and strap it in. I then put my purchases by the purse, and even on top of it until I check out. It is the last thing at the checkout to come out of the basket. You don't need it until that point, anyway. I keep my grocery list on my phone and my phone in my pocket when I'm not using it; if you use a paper list, you still don't need your purse until you are ready to check out. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES DO I WALK AWAY FROM THE CART. Many times, if I am at Walmart and have to load my own stuff, I put my purse in the cart under my purchases to go out to my car (not on my shoulder), and unload it first putting it in the back nearest the back seat. I just leave it there until I get home when I am going to be coming straight home regardless of where I do my shopping.
Just a few simple suggestions, but keep in mind that these people are looking for the
easy targets. Make it as hard as possible for them to target YOU.