Badger Johnson
Regular Member
In Illinois the State Police, on the ISP website, tell women they should defend themselves with car keys, rat tail combs, a teasing brush or pens and pencils.
One the subject of defense with car keys, I'd like to see some females at least try it using a geared up SD instructor. I seriously doubt that would stop anyone. To have a professional organization like the Illinois SP recommend it should be actionable. Take any guy, make him mad and if he outweighs his 'victim' by 50lbs the typical weight differential, there's simply no way that is effective.
In fact I'd be willing to bet someone with 5 years of Karate training could not cause serious harm to a 200lb angry predator with a handful of keys and pens. At least with pepper spray you slow him down a little if you get the 'good stuff'.
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