Bartholomew Roberts
Moderator
I came across a story in the Daily Mail that I thought had some interesting lessons from a Tactics & Training perspective:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-abduct-rape-wife-attacked-hours-earlier.html
An intruder broke into the home and robbed the wife of $41, dragged her by the ponytail and slapped and punched her face. He then left, only to return at 1:40am that night with a camera and a tripod. Investigators think he planned to sexually assault the woman. The woman and her husband (mid-20s) fought back (they own a Crossfit gym and are in good shape) against their 48yr old attacker. The husband used wasp spray (to no effect), then as he fought with the attacker, his wife broke a baseball bat on the intruder and finally stabbed him with a knife until he ceased fighting.
I was struck by the fact that people will sometimes advise using wasp spray or other non-firearm weapons as defensive tools. I thought this story was interesting in that we had two physically fit adults in their 20s against a 48yr old homeless guy who tested out some of these popular suggestions and found it a lot more difficult to use improvised weapons in self-defense than you might think. I thought discussing the actual effectiveness of these tools might be a good discussion for Tactics & Training.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-abduct-rape-wife-attacked-hours-earlier.html
An intruder broke into the home and robbed the wife of $41, dragged her by the ponytail and slapped and punched her face. He then left, only to return at 1:40am that night with a camera and a tripod. Investigators think he planned to sexually assault the woman. The woman and her husband (mid-20s) fought back (they own a Crossfit gym and are in good shape) against their 48yr old attacker. The husband used wasp spray (to no effect), then as he fought with the attacker, his wife broke a baseball bat on the intruder and finally stabbed him with a knife until he ceased fighting.
I was struck by the fact that people will sometimes advise using wasp spray or other non-firearm weapons as defensive tools. I thought this story was interesting in that we had two physically fit adults in their 20s against a 48yr old homeless guy who tested out some of these popular suggestions and found it a lot more difficult to use improvised weapons in self-defense than you might think. I thought discussing the actual effectiveness of these tools might be a good discussion for Tactics & Training.