Yes, exactly.
I think people should learn about these things and learn that just about anything can be made into a weapon. And there’s always the good old staple, clawing and eye-gouging, if no tool is handy.
I think this should be taught in schools and that kids should know from the time they’re very young how to defend themselves, with or without a gun. And everybody should be fully supported by the law in doing so.
Funny you should mention that. When my daughter was first going off to college about ten years ago, I undertook to teach her some self defense. Nothing fancy. Simple stuff that works first time everytime.
I told her to take this ziplock bag of grapes and carefully but decisively crush them between thumb and forefinger. She was curious, but did as I asked having learned that there is method to my madness. When she'd gotten thru the messy ordeal, I explained that in a forced sex situation an opportunity may present itself to kiss and she should resist but FAINTLY. Struggle weakly. Then shift modes and "get into it" at the same time bring her hands up to each side of the man's face and "caress" the face slowly sliding them to the front. When properly positioned, suddenly THRUST both thumbs deep into both eyes. Think to the base of the thumb. That squishing sensation is the two eyeballs exploding and running all over the hands. Simple but effective. This move may well result in death from the shock. I taught her a move for nearly every conceivable situation. Thankfully, she never had to use any of them...at least not to my knowledge. I'm just happy I was able to prepare her for most any security threat. These days, she's happily married and the owner of a Ruger SP101 .357 magnum and she's very good.