"Police say the girl was running on a trail in the park sometime between 4 p.m. and 4:25 p.m. when the suspect grabbed her from behind and pulled her to the ground. She managed to get away by striking the man. The suspect then ran off along Laurel Road towards Dupuy Road"
http://www.nbc12.com/story/37595497/man-assaults-girl-at-park-victim-strikes-him-and-escapes
She would have been better prepared to defend herself had she been armed with a hand gun, but that is fraught with problems.
Had she been carrying a knife legally, she could have both taken the fight out of him and prepared him for a zipper insertion.
http://www.nbc12.com/story/37595497/man-assaults-girl-at-park-victim-strikes-him-and-escapes
She would have been better prepared to defend herself had she been armed with a hand gun, but that is fraught with problems.
Had she been carrying a knife legally, she could have both taken the fight out of him and prepared him for a zipper insertion.