With the smaller tactical lights, they have a jagged front that will do interesting things to somebody's face or arm.
Posted on 07/23/2012 10:08:01 AM PDT by marktwain
Being aware of one’s surroundings, particularly in an urban area, is always a smart move
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Here’s a review. They are at Costco. They were there this weekend in the west Cincinnati store. I saw them at the Louisville store a few weeks ago. They are a current item.
http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=218055
I will. That is the first order of business.
I know what I am capable of and what I am not.
Part of being prepared is being able to understand what one is able to do.
Having a pistol in public is a choice some people make. That is fine with me. I know that in public my decision making is not fast and would be more dangerous than helpful.
The caveat to that is do not firkin come into my home ——all bets off at that instance
“..please remember to hold out the flashlight at arm’s length, i.e. as far away from your body mass as possible.”
Thanks. That’s right; because a shooter most certainly would tend to use the center of the beam of light as a target in an attempt to neutralize it.
Excellent. Especially about the flashlight.
A big ditto for that one. The usual conversation I have when showing somebody mine is “Don’t look directly into the”. Next comes a squawk as they do. And then, “light.”
Pretty nifty. Looks like the poor man’s version of the Surefire Defender, and very cost effective in this obama Depression. :P
Oh, okay.
So by blinding him you ruin his ability to take aimed shots. . .and that’s a bad thing?
Or are you saying not to resist an armed nut-job. . .that you trust this armed nut-job to NOT fire?
;-)
Or else skip a lot of the modern Hollyweird offerings all together. When “Batman” came out in the sixties, it was a largely innocent production; now it is a dark, computerized, sick drama that appears to be destroying lives right and left. It’s not guns and it’s not the 2nd Amendment; but they’re accused by the left who ADORES the $$$$ and celebrity that Hollywood offers them.
“A good hard stare can make many potential attackers move on to an easier target.”
Once I did just that but added a bit of screaming b!tch - worked just great. I realized a guy was trying to follow me out to my car when I had been at the mall, turned on him and yelled “are you FOLLOWING me???” and he took off out the door.
If I have to go in to a place with a no guns sign I ignore the sign.
Both my gun and I are safer together than we are apart.
Plus in CO all they can do is ask you to leave. Here in MN if they find out it’s a small (25 bucks?) fine.
With the smaller tactical lights, they have a jagged front that will do interesting things to somebody's face or arm.
The edge around the lens is pretty sharp, too. I think I could kill an animal with it if necessary.
I wouldn’t want to try to fillet a fish with it, though...
Indeed.
I appreciate your candor. I carry most of the time (not at work, however). My wife is very comfortable with it but has asked in certain social settings if it was appropriate (Chuckie Cheese for a 3 year old D-day party for instance). I have explained it is habit like having my wallet and phone. But I have also explained I don't carry only in places that I expect to need to defend myself. I wouldn't risk going anywhere that I thought I might need to have a weapon to defend myself or family. The best defensive weapon is common sense and planning IMO. A gun is usually only needed in the most unforeseen circumstance (like a movie theatre, college campus, classroom, shopping mall, etc.)
I carried the Surefire Z2 for a while, then switched to a Guidegear rechargable with 200 lumens.
For the money, the Fenix TK35 is the best hand-held illumination tool out there. It has four settings from 40 lumens to 860 lumens, with a tactical strobe and an s.o.s. strobe at the push of a button.
Bookmarked.
I bought rechargable batteries for the Fenix instead of using 123a’s. It also comes with a belt-loop holster, open top, though, which I don’t like.
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