It’s a certainty that anyone with expensive goods is going to be concerned about having them stolen. It’s funny to think that this has led to an whole industry of pricey items designed to protect you from robbers, everywhere from guns to knives. If you’re concerned about being mugged walking down the street, it’s probably better to just buy Louis Vuitton replica handbags or Balenciaga replica handbags instead of the real thing, because there’s very little you can do to defend yourself properly if you’re the victim of a mugging.
One of the obvious that’s going to the bag is what the thief is aiming to steal. Mace or a gun won’t help you too much when they’re halfway down the road along with the guy who just mugged you. In fact, studies have concluded that items designed to protect people from robbery or crime, especially guns and knives, are often used by the perpetrator themselves against the property owner. Rather than protecting the person, these products ultimately make them more unsafe.
Of course the brands who create these products rarely, if ever, speak such facts. It’s in their interest that people feel unsafe when they are not holding some form of weapon, and safer when they do.
If you are set on using some kind of protection device, it’s of the utmost importance that you are properly trained in how to use the item in a safe and effective manner. Just keeping a taser in your pocket may make you feel better, but if you’re required to use it for the first time in a real robbery situation, you won’t be fully ready to handle the way it works. It’s more likely that at best the mugger will escape while you fiddle with it, or at worst, you cause yourself some real harm.
It seems odd to say that you may actually be safer without anything to defend you, but it is apparently true. That’s not to say that you can’t train yourself in self-defense, of course. Self-defense training such as experience with a martial art can greatly help anyone who’s wants to be protected against attackers who’ll try to steal their products. Simply protecting yourself with your body will mean that there’s no item that the attacker can turn the tables with and use to attack you. Training in such a way also improves the health, and can create a certain amount of self-confidence in the trainee.
If you’re hoping to protect yourself against robbers in the night, it’s probably not a good move to spend money on self-protection devices. Most of the perceived threats security companies like to disseminate are really exaggerated, and it’s probably best to learn tangible self-defense techniques, rather than just purchasing products to create peace of mind.
You can learn self-defense at a martial arts hall in your town. If you have bought a self-protection product, ask the manufacturer about places to learn how to use the product effectively. If there aren’t any around, consider getting a refund!
