But you don't *look* armed..

[Montana]

Agreed, except in my case it'd be a 12 guage Home Defender loaded with alternating rounds of O-O buck and slugs for close in defense, and my Chinese SKS with hollow points for that "reach out and touch someone" situation. Very accurate at 200 yards. Or there's always the .357, .44 mag. or the .....

But for walking the streets during a riot (which is asking for trouble), it would be just me and whatever weapon I have at hand if the situation warrants.

[JusticeZero]

Off the top of my head...

Shoes, as shoes. shoes should always be considered for applications as a weapon..

Flashlight, large maglight (as small club)

Flashlight, small maglight (as fist load/kubotan)

Sling (for shooting rocks, of course)

Bike lock, U (as tonfa type thingy)

Bike lock, chain, with two padlocks

Walking stick, as cane

[Groinstrike]

An umbrella perhaps???

[tallgeese]

Personally, the best options, as has been mentioned, is to stay away. The only thing that could make me go out, other than I'm sure I'd be at work already, would be one of the "what if's" mentioned earlier: get a family member, ect.

In that case, the car actually is a pretty good option. You'll need a method to transport, and it's a multi-ton bullet if need be. Plus, unless you enter a restricted area, no one will question you at all for having one.

The other up side of your mobile death missile is that it also doubles as a giant weapons locker. So, not only do you have whatever you can hide on your person (bare minimum is a full sized automatic, full reloads, small flashlight, a knife or two, and for the aforementioned disaster scenario a back up gun) but also what ever your car can hold.

Now we are into the realm of full on rolling armory. AR platform with LOTS of mags, spare loose ammo. More handgun mags, plus loose ammo for those as well. Giant mulit-cell mag light can get crammed into the seat as well.

I'd pack spare gas, some food, and water as well. Communication gear, and spare with this as well.

So there you have it. My personal, "wow this sucks" personal gear, the car I'd also consider a tool and that which I would stock it with.

Now, I'm barricading my house and ordering more ammo

[MasterPain]

mobile death missile :

If I could play guitar and such, that would be the name of my band.

[Groinstrike]

Personally, the best options, as has been mentioned, is to stay away. The only thing that could make me go out, other than I'm sure I'd be at work already, would be one of the "what if's" mentioned earlier: get a family member, ect.

In that case, the car actually is a pretty good option. You'll need a method to transport, and it's a multi-ton bullet if need be. Plus, unless you enter a restricted area, no one will question you at all for having one.

The other up side of your mobile death missile is that it also doubles as a giant weapons locker. So, not only do you have whatever you can hide on your person (bare minimum is a full sized automatic, full reloads, small flashlight, a knife or two, and for the aforementioned disaster scenario a back up gun) but also what ever your car can hold.

Now we are into the realm of full on rolling armory. AR platform with LOTS of mags, spare loose ammo. More handgun mags, plus loose ammo for those as well. Giant mulit-cell mag light can get crammed into the seat as well.

I'd pack spare gas, some food, and water as well. Communication gear, and spare with this as well.

So there you have it. My personal, "wow this sucks" personal gear, the car I'd also consider a tool and that which I would stock it with.

Now, I'm barricading my house and ordering more ammo

Best post ever.

[Montana]

As martial artists, regardless of what system you choose to practice, we are weapons. That's what we are training for...or should be at least IMO.

Whether you decide to utilize that "weapon" or not in a confrontation, is your decision.

My wife and I choose to live in the country on our own little 5 acres of paradise 15 miles from town. It's quiet, I have good neighbors that I trust and we watch over each other's property when we're not around.

At the front of my driveway, about 60 yards from my house, I have a sign nailed to a tree that says...

"If you can read this, you're in range!"

"NO TRESPASSING or SOLICITING!"

We have horses that are GREAT at letting us know when we have "visitors", and also a great big black lab that does the same. I am well armed with a variety of "reach out and touch someone" firearms for both long distance (30-06 that I cat hit a gallon milk jug at 300 yards), mid-range (SKS at 100 yards) and close quarters (home defender shotgun, .357 mag, 9mm and a couple of .22's) and have a military background and training.

If there would happen to be civil unrest in town, I would go to work using a route which would avoid that unrest and the same with going home. There are 2 small towns close by, so I could avoid "the city" totally if needed except to work.

I have a ton of pellet stove pellets in the garage, and I tend to buy food in bulk. I have my own well and a gas powerede generator, which gets used several times during a typical winter here.

I'm not paranoid by any means, but open minded enough to understand that "stuff" happens sometimes, and I'd rather be prepared before I needed to be, rather than after it's to late.