To Be, Or Not To Be Prepared
In today’s technological forum, it has become easier to keep a vigilant eye on what goes on around you without actually being there. It has also become easier to defend yourself. I recently had family over for Thanksgiving dinner and shared what it is I do for a living. Providing self defense products and surveillance equipment. The response I received from most of my female family members was a bit scary saying they would never carry around, let alone use a stun gun.
I pondered this after they left for home. I asked myself why would anyone not want to have some form of protection even if they never had to use it? The answer was simple, so simple in fact that it was like a slap in the head. They have never been through an experience where they felt it was warranted.
I was sexually assaulted once, almost twice. The last time, I was expecting my first child. Previous to that, I was stalked by an older man at the tender age of fourteen. Everyday, when I got off the school bus, he was there waiting and followed me home in his pick up truck. I was young and foolish and just saw it as an annoyance. I never told my parents, just complained to my friends and giggled it off. I cringe at the thought of what could have happened to me now that I’m older and wiser. I could have easily become a statistic, never being seen again.
I could have avoided the sexual assault two years later by the simple use of a stun gun or pepper spray. These products weren’t available to the public back then. But, they are now. Now, I cringe at the thought that someone wouldn’t want to have some type of defense and hopefully never have to use it. Let’s face it girls.
Most of us…and I emphasize “most of us”, are not strong enough to fend off an attacker. As much as we would like to think we are, and would know exactly what to do, it simply doesn’t work that way. I’m sorry, but that’s the way nature designed us. I am 120 pounds and stand five foot two inches tall. But just knowing that I have a little box in my hand that can bring an attacker down in one second, has given me a renewed confidence that I had lost long ago. It has given me a new freedom that I hadn’t had for over thirty years.
I’m not only speaking to the gentler sex. The same also holds true for smaller men that are being harrassed by bigger men. There is no shame in being armed with something that packs a punch or disables your attacker long enough for you to get away. The form of protection you choose is simply a matter of personal preference whether it’s a stun gun, pepper spray or a personal alarm. Whatever it is, just have it. Come see us at our online store!
