Posted on 01/14/2023 6:32:10 AM PST by VictimsRightsPro2a
January 2023 marks the nineteenth annual National Stalking Awareness Month. As a victim of a very serious and violent case of stalking, I wanted to share my own experience and bring awareness to what stalking is, how it can lead to extreme violence that can have lifelong devastating effects on victims, and how to protect yourself.
With one in three women, and one in six men potentially being stalked in their lifetime, this an important topic to cover.
If you ever question whether you are being stalked, ask yourself if what is happening is scary/distressing, not the first incident, and targets the same person (you.)
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
“National Stalking Awareness Month”?
I understand the point and the danger, but...it seems odd to me. A “month” for everything, I guess.
There are only twelve months in the year, and at least one pet “cause” for every person in the country.
Idk the, the word stalking might have meant something once but I’d bet it’s been dumbed down now to mean any un wanted attention.
Go armed.
We could start dedicating Hours instead of Months to causes, but it would be a real hassle to carry around the different flags, banners and lapel pins you’d need.
Idk the, the word stalking might have meant something once but I’d bet it’s been dumbed down now to mean any un wanted attention.
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Note the woman in the linked article reports that the guy who staked her and wound up killing her husband is due to be released in 10 years. What then?
There are only 8,760 hours per year. Do you think that’s enough?
The best defense is a good offense.
With the victim class swelling it's ranks, eventually Black history month will be relegated to Black history hour.
Wow....a woman’s husband is murdered and most of the Thread is “awareness” contra virtue-signaling. SMH.
This lady was armed but in her place of business, which sold alcohol, the law said she could not carry. Being a law abiding person she didn't.
Her stalker, who was NOT a law abiding person big surprise, came in and murdered her husband under the illusion that this would cause her to fall in love with him. Yeah, he is nuts. And he continues to harass her from behind bars. Apparently the "correctional service" just can not seem to stop him from sending her cards, phoning her and so forth.
The moral of this story is always carry. The law doesn't give a flip about you as an innocent person. You should not give a flip about the law.
You do not want to be the person in front of the camera with your loved ones blood on you saying "there was nothing I could do". You do not want that.
Everyday is something as well.
I truly have come to despise our current society.
Stalkers are problematic. I have one that’s diagnosed bipolar. It’s what I get for being nice to someone years ago. No matter how many times I have explained I cannot be that person they want me to be they keep popping up. It’s been years and over a dozen phone numbers blocked later. Last year I got texted a photo of my home. This year I got texts acknowledging I said not to ever contact me again and yet they did it anyway. It’s stressful but the law doesn’t really offer remedies.
Sometimes the husband is the stalker
What then ???
That is what the article advocates. This woman is encouraging other women to purchase firearms for protection.
In this case he killed her husband to be with her. Not exactly dumbed down
My wife had this problem in the late ‘90s. She was a sportscaster on a couple of popular networks and ended up with a stalker. He would send threatening letters to me telling me he was going to kill me. It’s when my wife and I bought our first handguns.
Ultimately the FBI needed to get involved. He spent several years in prison. We never heard from him again after that.
It can be quite frightening to go through that.
Don’t get me wrong. I understand stalkers are problematic.
So are murderers, assaulters, rapers, tax evaders, automobile speed limit exceeders, and so on.
I just found it odd that there is “a month” for it, that’s all.
For what it's worth, I'm against murder.
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