Distraction, Being Cased, etc.
Her is my concern based on the fact, I was raised, and spent decades, in a hi-risk industry.
I. Was. A. Target.
In some respects, I still am, and always will be.
Different Models of criminals, exist.
My set-ups, and lessons, (ya'll call these "training") consisted of private lessons, based on REAL life occurrences.
Yes, some folks in the industry went outside, to check on a noise, or let the pet inside/outside, or had a wife/husband/child, etc, outside, and then the criminals had hostages, and forced at gunpoint,...other nasty things to occur.
I have had windows busted out, in a shed out back, or a vehicle. I have had folks bump my or another one of us, vehicles, parked in the street, or hotel/motel lot.
All sorts of "ploys" can be used, to distract, and to case you.
I had the phone ring, in the wee hours, to inform me, the alarm at a business was going off.
I was tired, sleepy, groggy, and I got two steps outside, when my brain screamed "danger!" and I ran back inside.
I called the Alarm company, and they said they did NOT show the alarm going off.
Police were called to drive by the business, and they reported it had not / was not going off, and no apparent signs of any trouble.
I saw the bad guys, in the parking lot, of the apt complex where I was staying. I saw them armed!
THEY called, pretending to be alarm company , just to get me outside, where they could overtake me.
I messed up. One always calls Alarm company back, and has code words, and codes on a alarm panel. Always!
Our code was: they can have the merchandise, but they cannot have us.
Stuff is insured, and can be replaced.
WE, knew too much about people, places and things. along with some other, very serious, security matters, which I will not share.
So no, I/we did not "react" to going outside, as not only did we put our selves in more harms way, we also put others in harms way.
I am speaking of some serious, professional persons here folks. One time they had me as their primary target. Just, I had a reputation as being hard to run down.
Since I could not be found, they went to target number two, and I knew this guy, and his family.
They had his wife and kid, (who thankfully was sick, and taking meds) when they got to him. They drove him around for hours, in the trunk of his car, and all the while, some of the "less" professional , took turns with his wife.
The kid, on those meds, was asleep, and never woke up.
They forced him at gun point, to go to where they wanted, forced him to shut off alarms, open safes, and then beat him, really bad, after they got what they came for.
You cannot put dollar value on human life, period, much less human life being sexually assaulted, raped, and beaten.
I don't give a damn how much your property is worth, it will never have a greater value, than human life.
Now, we did not have all we have today, as far as technology. In fact, some of the technology that was available, like some today, is/could advertise to criminals and make matters worse.
Add, we traveled , and we had places we stayed, besides hotels and motels, and condos.
Yes, there are some simple things one can do, as far as "equipment". The one thing we always had, and we still have with us, all the time, is the brain.
That is all we all have, all the time, is the brain. Train the brain first.
If you learn on a crutch, then if you lose that crutch, you will fall down.
Meaning, quit making "things" the default answer to every problem, such as guns.
Make your brain, the default and by doing so, you have so much more at your disposal to deal with criminals and criminal acts.
How would you take you down?
