View Full Version : I was just robbed at gunpoint...
Farrah_Holiday
08-12-2007, 04:21 PM
FARRAH! :) Where have you been?
I became a Bikram yoga junkie ! ;D I promise to do a better job balancing out my addictions, since I was an SW addict 1st ! ;)
Farrah_Holiday
08-12-2007, 04:36 PM
Xio, I'm glad your neighbor is there for you... Is it possible to have your baby sitter watch the little ones at your house ?
Also, you should find out where the hater lives !
Just because she gets fired doesn't mean she won't be a problem..It might be the reverse since she'll really be a broke bitch ! Do your best find out as much about her as you can.
Madcap
08-12-2007, 06:19 PM
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ArmySGT.
08-12-2007, 11:51 PM
First stop drive up ATM. Deposit money. Never get out of car. Then babysitter.
Very good driving around your parking lot, check out cars, if any are occupied leave. Small digital camera. Take a picture of suspicious cars. Car criminals biggest fear is being caught. Pepper Spray the really big bear can are good because there is more spray and more repellent. Most sprays sold for self defense have about fifteen seconds or less of propellant. Thats three short bursts. Less if the can has gotten hot and the gas has leaked or cold and the propellant won't expand.
A motion sensitive video camera attached to a DVR by your front door. I am with Farrah on the firearms training and a handgun. Florida is a castle doctrine state, is very helpful with the concealed permit program. The training will make you feel so much better. Any Law enforcement or Security supply sells Pepper Spray. There should also be trainer sprays on hand too. Trainers contain water. Sprays like pepper spray so you can practice. Have that big guy rush you and try to spray him right on the nose while moving left or right to get out of the way. In addition to pepper spray is pepper foam. This stuff spray in a stream but becomes a stick foam filled with the OC resin. Usually contains UV dye to help identify attackers.
Bella21
08-13-2007, 12:22 AM
I'm so sorry that happened to you. :( I was robbed at gunpoint a few years ago. Well... I guess not robbed since I was so pissed that I didn't hand over jack shit (I'm normally not so crazy... maybe it was a bit of shock and the guy holding the gun was obviously scared)... but the dude next to me did. Still, it was traumatic. It definately puts things in perspective. I didn't carry designer bags for a VERY long time.
twisterinAZ
08-13-2007, 05:03 AM
First stop drive up ATM. Deposit money. Never get out of car. Then babysitter.
Very good driving around your parking lot, check out cars, if any are occupied leave. Small digital camera. Take a picture of suspicious cars. Car criminals biggest fear is being caught. Pepper Spray the really big bear can are good because there is more spray and more repellent. Most sprays sold for self defense have about fifteen seconds or less of propellant. Thats three short bursts. Less if the can has gotten hot and the gas has leaked or cold and the propellant won't expand.
A motion sensitive video camera attached to a DVR by your front door. I am with Farrah on the firearms training and a handgun. Florida is a castle doctrine state, is very helpful with the concealed permit program. The training will make you feel so much better. Any Law enforcement or Security supply sells Pepper Spray. There should also be trainer sprays on hand too. Trainers contain water. Sprays like pepper spray so you can practice. Have that big guy rush you and try to spray him right on the nose while moving left or right to get out of the way. In addition to pepper spray is pepper foam. This stuff spray in a stream but becomes a stick foam filled with the OC resin. Usually contains UV dye to help identify attackers.
Take a picture of suspicious cars? And hope the thieves don't steal your camera !!!!
ArmySGT.
08-14-2007, 07:58 PM
From your car or from a window in your home reduces that possibility. Easy enough to do surreptitiously. After all you don't have to hold the camera to your face and be obvious about it.
dancersrights
08-16-2007, 10:38 PM
baby girl I hope all is ok...thank god you're safe!
NatalieFRPhilly
08-17-2007, 06:59 PM
xiomara, I think you are being really proactive about this and I hope everything stays safe for you. Good for you.
Moneywise
08-29-2007, 05:50 PM
Sorry Moneywise, gotta disagree with you, thought you are on the right track.
Ladies should go to Cabella's or Bass Pro, some hunter supply store, and get the pepper shit they spray on BEARS. If it'll drop a fucking BEAR some thug ain't moving from the spot.
I know this thread is buried but I don't get on as often as I used to. With regard to the spitfire pepper spray I suggested she use, there's one great thing about it that you can't say about the bear repellent. It's FREE! :P They'll both stop and immobilize a wannabe immediately.
PACKS A REAL WALLOP
Spitfire's cone of atomized pepper particles makes it easier to hit the attacker's face, and has a quicker effect than a stream or foam of pepper spray. 8 shots of police-strength pepper spray (heat rating of 2 million SHU) out to 8 feet in a cone pattern. Effect lasts for about 30 minutes.
I gave it to her last week and hopefully she'll never have to use it on any hoodies but if she does I feel sorry for the person on the other end of the stream. I'll take a free spitfire over cost anyday. ;)
More on the spitfire. (http://spitfire.us/about.htm)(with videos included)
PS: X, you might want to do that float test they talk about on their webpage. The cannisters are good for two years and I have had it for about a year.