I've got to admit that when I'm in a locale where I can't legally carry a gun or a knife, I feel absolutely naked - totally defenseless. I'm not as young as I used to be, and hence not able to reliably defeat an attacker with my bare hands.
On the premise that SOME defensive tool would be better than none, on a recent airline trip to Washington DC, I was able to carry this implement without question, yet it afforded me some means of self-defense. Went right through the airport inspection process - no comment from any of the personnel there.
It's a pen. It actually works as a pen. But one end of this substantial pen is a skull crusher point. It's made out of aircraft grade aluminum - very tough. It can be deployed quickly, and recognizing that action almost always beats reaction, it would give me a second or two of surprise and potential deadliness.
Sure as hell isn't a gun or a knife. But in DC, having traveled by air, and trying to obey the DC laws that basically prohibit carrying either guns or even a small knife, it's something. The accepted tactic for this thing would be to fist it into the side of an opponent's skull, and then keep jabbing down into the throat or collarbone area. If it doesn't kill, it might disable or confuse enough to allow time to boogie out of there.
Not ideal. But when you can't carry anything better, it's an alternative to nothing.
Comments welcomed.
John
On the premise that SOME defensive tool would be better than none, on a recent airline trip to Washington DC, I was able to carry this implement without question, yet it afforded me some means of self-defense. Went right through the airport inspection process - no comment from any of the personnel there.
It's a pen. It actually works as a pen. But one end of this substantial pen is a skull crusher point. It's made out of aircraft grade aluminum - very tough. It can be deployed quickly, and recognizing that action almost always beats reaction, it would give me a second or two of surprise and potential deadliness.
Sure as hell isn't a gun or a knife. But in DC, having traveled by air, and trying to obey the DC laws that basically prohibit carrying either guns or even a small knife, it's something. The accepted tactic for this thing would be to fist it into the side of an opponent's skull, and then keep jabbing down into the throat or collarbone area. If it doesn't kill, it might disable or confuse enough to allow time to boogie out of there.
Not ideal. But when you can't carry anything better, it's an alternative to nothing.
Comments welcomed.
John
