Safety Tips for International Travel from Zarc.com: Select the largest aircraft available, as they are more difficult to seize and control. Avoid traveling first class. This area is frequently used as a hijacker command post. Take direct flights to your destination; it reduces your exposure odds to terrorist activity. Use your name and business address… Read More
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Self-Defense: A Basic Human Right
“Few issues have been more hotly debated recently than gun ownership. On one side are those who wish that all guns begone, on the other, millions who would fight to keep them.” The author of a-human-right.com grew up in the USSR and knows a few things about self-defense and what happens when the government revokes… Read More
No Nonsense Self-Defense
I just found a new site called No Nonsense Self-Defense. The site is packed with information on self-defense and security. The site provides “you with free, easy-to-use information to keep you safe from crime and violence, including robbery and rape. Our goal is is to assist you achieve personal safety. The information we provide is… Read More
KidsHealth.org: Self-Defense Article
The real trick to self-defense involves preventing an attack before it happens, not violently defending oneself while the attack happens. That’s the wise advice from a great kidshealth.org article on self-defense. Although KidsHealth geared their advice towards teens, the rule applies to everyone. As the article correctly says, many people think of self-defense as a… Read More
Domestic Violence Facts
Unfortunately, domestic violence persists to plague America. To successfully protect ourselves, our friends, and our families, we must recognize the reality and prevalence of domestic abuse. EndAbuse.org provides many facts on their website. These are some: Estimates range from 960,000 incidents of violence against a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend per year to… Read More
The Dirty Dozen
Self-defense isn’t pretty, it’s nasty. If you want to be able to defend yourself by hand, when necessary, you have to be prepared to use hardcore techniques that will get the job done. U.S. Army Special Forces veteran Larry Jordan was given a unique assignment by his commanders: come up with a truly down-and-dirty hand-to-hand… Read More
The Sanity of Self-Defense
I just read a great a great article on self-defense by R. Lee Wrights, of the Libertarian Party of North Carolina http://www.lpnc.org. In his article, The Sanity Of Self-Defense, he explains why people need to take their defense into their own hands, and not relinquish their liberty and responsibility to governments for the promise of… Read More
City Safety: Beyond the Basics
City Safety: Beyond the Basics by Jennifer Shukla I may not be an expert on safety, but I do have a degree in psychology and have worked in a criminal law office, so I know a little about how criminals think. Plus, I’ve lived in lots of cities with high crime rates including New York,… Read More
Revolving-Door Justice
I just found an intersting article on the national center for policy analysis about violent crime. The article says that violent crime continues to be a serious problem in the United States despite reports of a decline in the overall crime rate. http://www.ncpa.org/pi/crime/vc.html The article refers to “revolving-door justice”, which means that violent criminals get… Read More
Violent Crime Rate
Here’s a graph of the violent crime rate. I want to take this time to emphasize my immense frustration with the enforcement of victimless crimes – costing U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars a year – when violent crimes are bleeding this country. Find the graph of violent crime below: Graph From: http://www.publicagenda.org/issues/factfiles_detail.cfm?issue_type=crime&list=1
Crime and Today’s Society
by Christopher Strunk Crime affects people throughout society because it is everywhere. From simple purse thieves, to violent gang members, crime plagues many of the urban streets today. Research indicates that many criminals come from impoverished environments. Upon further inspection, the data indicate that many violent criminals are the products of broken homes, and transcended… Read More
A Simple Self Defense Tip
by Keith Pascal You never know, when someone is going to flip out, and start firing a gun into a restaurant or store filled with innocent people. It could happen. It has happened. And now we have the threat of terrorism added. So, how do you stay safe? Here’s a simple tip, adapted from the… Read More