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First off - welcome!
Next - start with... your mind. Your 'problem' is far from unique. Even though lots of us here can carry firearms legally in lots of jurisdictions, the overwhelming majority can't be armed everywhere they go. What's a body to do?
I urge you to seek training that goes beyond firearms skills. Maybe start with the NRA's "refuse to be a victim" courses as an entree into a greater sense of situational awareness. How would either of you handle a physical assault in a parking garage if you're unarmed? Sure, you're a big guy, but if you've got your face in your smart phone while walking to your car, you're ripe to be cold-cocked by a punch from behind. See where I'm coming from?
You need to look past relying on specific tools to stay safe. Think in broader terms of strategies and behaviors, then fill in the gaps with the tools allowed in whatever venues you find yourself. If you lock your mind into reliance on specific tools like guns or knives or iron rakes, then you'll be ill-prepared if those tools fail you or are absent altogether.
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Hmmm, Well DefCon, I was thinking of martial arts, and we will be driving from place to place so I can avoid the TSA, which is nice... I'll look into the pen though thanks:)
I've decided on the rectal thermometer and a high lumen flash light. I'll call my defensive strategy the blind and probe! thanks Rock.
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Your best weapon is your mind. Situational awareness. Everything else is merely a tool. I do like the B&P strategy too :rofl:
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Id go with a cane and a fake limp.
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Thanks Smitty, I will definitely look into some training better suited to the big city:)
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A ball peen hammer is very persuasive.
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I can bring my cane and my steel toes into courtrooms and on planes, try that with a hammer.
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There's a lot to be said for a long-stroke, high-volume, maximum distance, commercial-grade squirt bottle full of...lemon juice concentrate. I sent one with my daughter to college (very restrictive dorm rules) and a cynical, non-believing male friend volunteered as a test "aggressor". I wasn't there, but was told a couple of squirts in the face dropped him like a hot horseshoe, blind & whimpering.
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Stanley makes a very handy tool that is at home in your car for roadside problems as well being at home in your travel bag for those spur of the moment home improvements you may have to make it's called the Stanley Fubar. Comes in a variety of sizes and is one tough tool. One lives on the back of my grab and go bag full time.
http://www.stanleytools.com/catalog_...19_mid_res.jpg
Just google Stanley Fubar and you can find several sizes and sources.
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My wife's purse is a deadly weapon. If there's room to swing it, watch out!
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rectal thermometers
You Win anybody comes at me with one and I'm unassing the AO ASAP
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Keep a full sized fire extinguisher in your appt. can shoot with it and then bash with it. Out of the house go with a cane and get some training in how to employ impact weapons.
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First do you have a permit/license to carry a firearm? If you do study the states you will be traveling to and see if that permit/license is valid there. If it is then you can carry your firearm. Except for NY, NJ, Mass, DC and Chicago you can take a firearm with you even if you don't have a valid permit/license to carry as long as you transport it unloaded and secured. Do be aware of mag limit restrictions in some states. Then study the Chemical Spray/Electric Weapon laws of the states you are going to be traveling to. In most you can carry pepper spray for self defense. There are some you can't and there are some cities and counties you can't have them in. Study the laws and find out if they apply where you are going.
Like was mentioned earlier that three pounds of mush between your ears is your biggest weapon. Don't act like a victim and you most likely won't be one. Now I hate to sound like a self serving site promoting person but we make no money from our website. Handgunlaw.us has the laws on firearms/transporting/Chemical Sprays/Electric Weapons broken down by each state. I try to give the Alpha/Numeric Code for that states laws so you can look them up for yourself. I have links to each states Statutes and Administrative Code as many restrictions are found outside the Statutes. I try to supply links to all the critical state websites so you can double check what is legal and what is not.
Your question is one of the main reasons Steve and I started handgunlaw.us. So people could find the laws on what is legal in each state. Good guys obey the law but to obey it you have to know what it is. Do your research and find out what the laws are where you are going. Even if you live in a state that won't issue you a permit/license to carry you can obtain non resident permit/licenses from other states that will make you legal in a good number of states. You and your spouses safety is your #1 concern. Take the time to find out how you can legally defend you and yours in the states you are traveling to. To do that you have to research the laws at their source.
