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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Carrying a gun sounds great in theory but you can't carry one in HS.  Not sure about college.  Do colleges have rules about this?

I feel like self-defense training is better than nothing.[/quote]

my husband is very pro-gun, but as someone else said, a shotgun in your home is the safest bet - recoil really hurts, but you don't have to aim that well

legal or not, we allow our 15 year old girl to carry pepper spray that looks like lipstick....

the most important thing is to be able to recognize danger

recent conversation between my Latino husband (who grew up in bad NYC neighborhoods) and son:

if you see a bunch of black teens on the sidewalk should you cross the street or will they think you are racist?

It does not matter what they think - if they are coming for you they will come no matter what - crossing the street at least puts some distance between you so you have time to prepare

(or my hope - go after someone else)

But I echo what everyone else has said - you have to take a class (or have a bad experience) to get rid of social inhibitions.

We are really paranoid and when our kids were little used to watch the John Walsh "safe side safety chick?" video and had our kids practice screaming out loud "Help, this is not my Daddy; Help, this is not my mommy!" because some have assumed with screaming kids that it is their parent disciplining them not someone abducting them.

But waiting until it is too late because you feel awkward or doubt your instincts is a HUGE mistake.[/quote]

Good advice.  Thank you[/quote]

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