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Avoid Being a Statistic: How Muggers Pick Their Victims
American Outdoor Guide ^ | 7/5/19 | ASG Staff

Posted on 12/02/2024 11:09:15 AM PST by DallasBiff

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To: Jamestown1630

That’s so cool. I bet it’s gonna be classy!🙂👍


41 posted on 12/02/2024 1:51:25 PM PST by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: DallasBiff

Disposable Income: How to Make a Decoy Wallet
https://www.americanoutdoor.guide/prepping/disposable-income-how-to-make-a-decoy-wallet/


42 posted on 12/02/2024 2:21:38 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: metmom

That’s a good article.


43 posted on 12/02/2024 2:33:13 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton

Try this too.

Cooper covers a few more topics, but this is as good today as it was when it was written.

https://www.amazon.com/Principles-Personal-Defense-Jeff-Cooper-ebook/dp/B08GPCLQTV/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.dpnk7k1o2MlCPcdhzT4mvxyrXT2XnzdFHcjYpRn2qZ8e7YKi9JcnDYjafMeA2xFnSXuIQLEmCT2fGxAVjsh2XtuZk6llIGQLqI14-wljndbmNY-rAa7iEycZBMe7YVHk6MSzQzY—YugmQvO5mTq76LSV4lY31VZAZOkHF0F3jrqidkaaFUzh0HI3QB8FdmWsWaXXuuppRZnfEjr_ou8nBHlmHNJPCR3tHP7E-HXdUU.-Wd1skj9VaVzDO8o_OwXfOwIUB7NDgm8mB4XMsPtxEA&dib_tag=se&hvadid=410022213115&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9198653&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=6230660335037000147&hvtargid=kwd-757125305&hydadcr=2791_11372321&keywords=principles+of+personal+defense&qid=1733179315&sr=8-1


44 posted on 12/02/2024 2:42:56 PM PST by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: DallasBiff

The OTHER OPTION is to vote for people who are willing to put muggers in jail.

I don’t know, but I suspect 80% or more of mugging victims are Democrats (for various reasons, but the result is the same).


45 posted on 12/02/2024 3:12:37 PM PST by BobL
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To: metmom

How to Make a Decoy Wallet
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Some good advice in that article....I’m just stingy enough that I’m not sure I’d willingly give up five $1 bills, a five, ten and twenty-dollar bill but then again, I have to wonder whether the fact my wallet is empty most of the time of actual bills is all that different from other people.

There was a time when I wouldn’t bother to pay for small amounts with a credit card but nowadays with a chip card, I use it for everything. This morning for example, I bought a coffee and just tapped my card on the reader. Doesn’t everyone do that?

Here is one thing that I’ve thought of doing... I want to get a videocam like the ones that police wear and that alone would likely give would-be muggers pause for thought. If they did insist on going through with the mugging, what I’d say is that not only are they on video, it’s being streamed....


46 posted on 12/02/2024 3:44:09 PM PST by hecticskeptic
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To: TangoLimaSierra

Thank you!


47 posted on 12/02/2024 4:58:04 PM PST by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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To: DallasBiff

I remember in the very early 1970s reading a reprint of an article from one on the NY papers about an old man hobbling across Central Park. Some muggers accosted him but he proceeded to beat the hell out of them. The article concluded with a bit of advice to the muggers: Next time, don’t try to mug Jack Dempsey.


48 posted on 12/02/2024 5:47:40 PM PST by CommerceComet (Re-elect Donald Trump - AGAIN)
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To: hecticskeptic
“I want to get a videocam like the ones that police wear”

I've done it. Used a body cam from Amazon during Covid. It was like kryptonite to Karens/Kens, assorted masktards etc. Never went up against a mugger. I used to get a lot of sideways glances and general wariness. Its a good idea.

49 posted on 12/02/2024 6:30:15 PM PST by Polynikes (Nicht geimpft Mensch 2nd Klasse)
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To: Polynikes

Thanks for your comment... I would bet that muggers would hate them but the risk is that they’d try to harm you while trying to rip it off you. This is why I’d tell them at the outset that it is actually streaming the data...


50 posted on 12/02/2024 6:39:05 PM PST by hecticskeptic
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To: DallasBiff

Steve Martin said that muggers leave crazy people alone and suggested wetting your pants before going into dangerous areas.


51 posted on 12/02/2024 6:39:36 PM PST by chickenlips (Neuter your politicians)
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To: Mr.Unique

LOL, I am not mean, but I try to appear as forbidding as I can...:)

I think it is good practice.


52 posted on 12/02/2024 6:40:16 PM PST by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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To: DallasBiff

I am a sitting duck these days. Knock me over and odds are good I can’t get back up, let alone quickly. It is a world of difference from being young when you could run, dodge, defend, spring back up after a fall.

At this point, my best defense is not to get attacked. Well, that and CCW.


53 posted on 12/02/2024 6:48:14 PM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (America -- July 4, 1776 to November 3, 2020 -- R.I.P.)
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54 posted on 12/02/2024 9:42:00 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: DallasBiff
Muggers will hardly ever announce their intentions straight away. More often than not, a mugger will appear to be just like you, appear as an ordinary man or woman and ask for the time. Asking the time should ring alarm bells, as most people have phones. If this is how you’re approached as you’re walking, don’t break step, keep the pace while answering them confidently and looking them in the eye. You may also be stopped by a mugger and they’ll “ask for directions”. If this is their approach, create some distance, then answer their questions while continuing to walk away. Head for the nearest densely-populated area. If you see any shady-looking characters about and feel uneasy, trust your instincts and leave the area.

I'll bet 100% fo these scummy lowlifes are democrats.

55 posted on 12/03/2024 3:56:08 AM PST by GOPJ (MAGA is not a historical blip. It is a trend https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4280749/posts)
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