“One good trick is, when you are in a restaurant or public place, is to try and get the “gunfighter’s seatâ€. Sit with your back to a corner, where you can see everyone who enters, and nobody can approach you from behind.
That’s not a trick....seasoned LEOs and soldiers are taught to do this. I remember walking into a restaurant and seeing a couple of local police sitting in the middle of the restaurant. When I told them I was surprised they weren’t seated in a corner, they said they had forgotten about that momentarily. Are you kidding me?
It is a good practice, but one must also avoid boxing themselves into a corner with no escape. A corner with a convenient exit nearby is ideal.