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5 Minutes Of Your Time

Slapchop

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I just got this email, it was written by one of the guys at work. In light of some of the shit that's been going on lately (rapes, street robberies, muggings and the "Park Slope groper"). Figured I'd pass it along to you guys so that ya'll can pass it along to your loved ones so they can be a bit more aware. It can happen anywhere. Its worth 5 minutes.

Stay safe,
-Slapchop


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Everyone should take 5 minutes to read this. It may save your life or a loved one's life.

In daylight hours, refresh yourself of these things to do in an emergency situation. This is for you, and for you to share with your wife, your children, & everyone you know. After reading these 9 crucial tips, forward them to someone you care about.

It never hurts to be careful in this crazy world we live in.


<span style="font-size: 14pt">1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do:</span>

The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do!

<span style="font-size: 14pt">2. Learned this from a tourist guide:</span>

If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you. Chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you, and he will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!

<span style="font-size: 14pt">3. Trunk Of A Car:</span>

If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy. The driver won't see you, but everybody else will. This has saved lives.
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4. Vehicle Safety</span>

Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc.DON'T DO THIS!) The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE. If someone is in the car with a gun to your head DO NOT DRIVE OFF,Repeat:DO NOT DRIVE OFF! Instead gun the engine and speed into anything, wrecking the car. Your Air Bag will save you. If the person is in the back seat they will get the worst of it. As soon as the car crashes bail out and run. It is better than having them find your body
in a remote location.

<span style="font-size: 14pt">5. Cars and Parking Structures/Lots</span>

<span style="color: #FF0000">A.) </span>Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side floor, and in the back seat. <span style="color: #FF0000">B.)</span> If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door. Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars. <span style="color: #FF0000">C.)</span> Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and the passenger side. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out. IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.)

<span style="font-size: 14pt">6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs:</span>

Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot. (This is especially true at NIGHT!)
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7. Armed Assailants:</span>

If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control,
ALWAYS RUN! The predator will only hit you (a running target)
4 in 100 times; and even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN, Preferably in a zig-zag pattern!
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8. Sympathetic Victims:</span>

As humans, most of us are always trying to be sympathetic, especially women. STOP!!! It may get you raped, robbed or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking,
well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked 'for help' into his vehicle or with his vehicle,
which is when he abducted his next victim.

<span style="font-size: 14pt">9. Another Safety Point:</span>

Someone just told me that her friend heard a crying baby on her porch the night before last, and she called the police because it was late and she thought it was weird. The police told her 'Whatever you do, DO NOT open the door.' The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a window, and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run over. The policeman said, 'We already have a unit on the way, whatever you do, DO NOT open the door.' He told her that they think a serial killer has a baby's cry recorded and uses it to coax women out of their homes thinking that someone dropped off a baby. He said they have not verified it,
but have had several calls by women saying that they hear baby's cries outside their doors when they're home alone at night.


<span style="font-size: 14pt">10. Water scam:</span>

If you wake up in the middle of the night to hear all your taps outside running or what you think is a burst pipe, DO NOT GO OUT TO INVESTIGATE! These people turn on all your outside taps full blast so that you will go out to investigate and then attack. Stay alert, keep safe, and look out for your neighbors!

Please pass this on This e-mail should probably be taken seriously because the Crying Baby Theory was mentioned on
America 's Most Wanted when they profiled the serial killer in Louisiana.

I'd like you to forward this to all the women you know.
I was going to send this to the ladies only, but guys, if you love your mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc.,you may want to pass it onto them, as well. Send this to any woman you know that may need to be reminded that the world we live in has a lot of crazies in it and it's better to be safe than sorry.
 
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Slap - no direspect intended here - Maybe NY is different!! These things get modified and sent around from time to time.

This one HAS been going around but I have to call BS on edit: SOME of it.

#1, the elbow *IS* the strongest point and if you are that close it's probably too late but use it anyway.

The Index finger goes into an eyeball 36" away from the human body, at which point you are free to run away because mr bad guy is seeing quadruple vision.
I've been poked in the eye, I know this for fact. I have an Astigmatism (sp?) because of that fight.

Two index fingers into the soft spot of the throat is far superior to one elbow unless that elbow is planted alongside the eyeball in the soft spot of the temple. Otherwise likely to piss an attacker off.


#3 - You cannot access the taillights of a car from inisde, in MOST INSTANCES, there is sheet metal there and a very hard plastic case that holds light bulbs, and PROBABLY a cover over all of that to keep it from view..If you take the time to disassemble that, sure but I doubt a human foot would fit there.

I don't have an answer except try for the mandatory inside trunk release latch that is required on all cars since the mid 1990's...


#4 is just a pipe dream but I'm sure it happened to someone somewhere....not "Bad" advice but it's better to get the vehicle up to speed before you crash it, doing more damage to bad guy...(The one behind you that will hit you at 100mph when you hit the pole)


#7 - Not so sure about that, but hey, it's your life. If you can zig zag away from an attacker and outrun him at the same time- go for it. I hope you are a track star though.


8 and 9 are decent advice and I have not heard of #10....

Not something I feel should be forwarded, just "Use common sense"..



 
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i tell my wife to go for the eyes, throat, balls, or top of foot (if they're behind ya) i've had accidental contact in all those areas rough housing with siblings and they all hurt pretty bad. if you get hit there on purpose "hard" youre gonna go down
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: opelboy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i tell my wife to go for the eyes, throat, balls, or top of foot (if they're behind ya) i've had accidental contact in all those areas rough housing with siblings and they all hurt pretty bad. if you get hit there on purpose "hard" youre gonna go down </div></div>

Pencil, ball poit pen, screw driver, in the eye or ear canal will usually back someone up. Push as hard as you can.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ArcticLight</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Slap - no direspect intended here - Maybe NY is different!! These things get modified and sent around from time to time.
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Artic, I don't take your view on it disrespectful at all friend. Fact is I'm glad you took the time to read it and add your experience to the mix. I'm not an expert at self defense by any means, I just figured I'd pass along some information which I thought might come in handy for some.
 
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I've got something to add to the discussion. Keep the key fob for your vehicle handy. Most, if not all, of them have a "panic" button. If you suspect someone is outside of your home, I doubt they'll hang around if you set your car alarm off remotely. Same goes for potential parking garage confrontations. My key and key fob are separated and I keep the fob facing out in my pocket(mostly so I don't have to reach in my pocket to unlock my truck). Trying to make the hide a better place today instead of being a dick....