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    • Posts: 3,945 Member
      Nothing. Where are you all running that you need guns while running??
    • Posts: 1,243 Member
      S&W Sigma Series 9mm, cell phone, keen sense of everything that's happening around me, and a copy of my DVPO.

      That's pretty much all I need.
    • Posts: 2,162 Member
      Nothing. Where are you all running that you need guns while running??
      probably somewhere in the valleys of afghanistan :laugh:
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      Knife crime isn't that prevelant, and almost exclusively limited to inter-gang confrontations. 'Random' knifings happen once every few months and I'm in one of the high-crime areas of London.

      I just read a BBC report with a quick Google search and it was reported to have risen 10% as of earlier this year. Seems somewhat prevalent, even after years have passed since the ban
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      Knife crime isn't that prevelant, and almost exclusively limited to inter-gang confrontations. 'Random' knifings happen once every few months and I'm in one of the high-crime areas of London.

      probably shouldn't go baffling 'em with facts and stuff.

      it's not like firearms were *recently* banned. . . lol
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      I just read a BBC report with a quick Google search and it was reported to have risen 10% as of earlier this year. Seems somewhat prevalent, even after years have passed since the ban
      there's so much wrong with this, it's hard to know where to start..... tell me though, when do you think this 'ban' you refer to was introduced?
    • Posts: 374
      <<<--- Bowing out. I'd rather be running.
    • Posts: 3,908 Member
      Was it the first world war? Anyway, some war or other, they issued the soldiers with helmets, and head injuries skyrocketed.
    • Posts: 107
      Depends which country I am in!

      In the UK so Everything is illegal!!!

      So I don't carry, but in general I never wear any jewellery anyways and most ladies clutch their pocketbooks and man look away if I am running around. People and stereotypes as I am a really nice guy IMHO. More so when my head is shaved and my tattoos are on display.

      I have carried in the past when working and living in other countries where it was allowed.
    • Posts: 5,922 Member
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      I just read a BBC report with a quick Google search and it was reported to have risen 10% as of earlier this year. Seems somewhat prevalent, even after years have passed since the ban
      10% of what number though? In my borough there have been all of about 7 high profile stabbings in the last year. The gang ones don't tend to be reported in local media, but otherwise they do. So, a 10% rise here would make that....about 8.

      Also, guns have never been legal here. lol.
    • Posts: 349 Member
      I avoid going to places that I may need a weapon. I don't carry anything because I'll go to the gym before I go on the walking/bike trails here by myself. I had a friend get attacked for her shoes, ipod and phone. I only go on them if I'm with people now. I used to carry a hand gun with my conceal carry license when I worked in downtown little Rock. Kept it under the seat and I never wore a red or blue bandana there either.
    • Posts: 234 Member
      Pepper spray, my cell phone, and the fact that I'm probably not the type likely to want to be raped. Maybe in another hundred pounds. :P

      The cell phone is relevant because I track all excursions outdoors on Endomondo so my fiance back at home can see where I am in almost real-time. If he were to see me straying from my course, he could take quick action.
    • Posts: 344 Member
      <<<--- Bowing out. I'd rather be running.

      Arlington??? I don't drive there much less run there without my Glock or back up weapon ha ha!
    • Posts: 1,725 Member
      Pepper spray, my cell phone, and the fact that I'm probably not the type likely to want to be raped. Maybe in another hundred pounds. :P


      Curious what "type" wants to be raped??? :huh:
    • Posts: 66
      I bring THUNDER<insert right arm> and LIGHTNING<insert left arm>....

      If need be, I deploy ROCK<insert right foot> and STEADY<insert left foot> up their *kitten*....

      Otherwise, I bank on the fact that I can run farther and faster...
    • Posts: 1,970 Member
      depends where I'm hiking. if I'm in the mountain, often in bear/mountain lion/etc. territory? yeah. .45 ACP with hollow points.
    • Posts: 1,351 Member
      I think I would like to be adopted by your gramma!

      Both good tips! Thanks for sharing.

      haha she is an awesome badass! :heart:
    • Posts: 131
      I'm in England, so I carry erm, an umbrella?

      I so do this! And at the moment with this weather we are having need our brollies anyway!! :laugh: But at my last placement I had to walk down this long road that had terrible lighting at 6:30am so my brolly would be with me at all times! I felt safer!!
    • Posts: 569 Member
      I'm in Canada - we just 'please' and 'thank you' people to death.
    • Posts: 2,037 Member
      UK?? Bans firearms and knife crime skyrockets...

      :huh:

      Eh? Forgive me if I'm wrong but I can't remember a time in recent history when anyone in the UK could walk around with a gun.

      As for knife crime, it is mainly between gang members or drug related. I grew up in Manchester and now live in another UK city and have never seen anyone pull out a knife (and I've lived a little, believe me!).

      I've also travelled all over the world and the UK is the place I've always felt the safest in.
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      I so do this! And at the moment with this weather we are having need our brollies anyway!! :laugh: But at my last placement I had to walk down this long road that had terrible lighting at 6:30am so my brolly would be with me at all times! I felt safer!!

      I now have MARY POPPINS stuck in my head.... thx...

      Chim chimeny.... chimeny chimeny... chim chim chooroo.....
    • Posts: 79 Member
      I carry Pepper spray on my keys, on my stroller and on my person. All out of reach of my children, not that they'd mess with it anyways. The wind blew towards us suddenly one day as I was spraying a dog who had been chasing us for a quarter mile.
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      I now have MARY POPPINS stuck in my head.... thx...

      Chim chimeny.... chimeny chimeny... chim chim chooroo.....
      Blast...now I have...thanks...Ill go to bed singing it and wake singing it...and now I have the urge to watch it! :laugh:
      'Spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down, medicine go down, the medicine go down'
    • Posts: 3,750 Member
      i take my BFG 9000 everywhere.
    • Posts: 1,725 Member
      I'm in Canada - we just 'please' and 'thank you' people to death.

      This is a true story (I'm in Victoria, BC)
    • Posts: 44
      I bring my martial art skills!!
    • Posts: 5,922 Member
      i take my BFG 9000 everywhere.
      gunandsword3.jpg
      :huh:
    • Posts: 32
      I carried mace when I ran in my boyfriend's neighborhood, at his insistence. (He had been mugged three times during the first year he lived there…) I never had any trouble, but I mostly ran during the early afternoon when the neighborhood was busy with other runners and folks walking and shopping. I usually change my route when I see other people up ahead.

      My own neighborhood is super hilly so I usually choose the treadmill and a movie, barefoot and weapon free.
    • Posts: 353 Member
      I bring THUNDER<insert right arm> and LIGHTNING<insert left arm>....

      If need be, I deploy ROCK<insert right foot> and STEADY<insert left foot> up their *kitten*....

      Otherwise, I bank on the fact that I can run farther and faster...

      Haha love it!
    • Posts: 344 Member
      I bring my martial art skills!!

      I've taken Judo for years followed up by Jiu Jitsu and I still carry just because you never know what's around the corner and how many there will be.
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