By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:17:43 +0000

Thank you for the article. Perhaps more in depth tactics can be added such as approaching your vehicle and looking under your vehicle as well as the 12,3,6 and 9 o’clock positioned vehicles and peaking inside them to see I some is lying in wait then scanning your inside backseats etc.. All done with a flashlight as tinted windows will naturally force you to ” just move on” as you don’t want to look like a potential thief etc.. Have your car key read to open your door using your windows to see behind you you as you do so and get in, lock the doors, start your car, put in gear and then you can escape if needed immediately before putting on your seatbelt. Pull away from your parking space to an open area and with your foot on the break, briefly get situated ( radio, GPS, weapon on you seat or otherwise, following state, county laws, cell phone FOR EMERGENCIES like a flat ) all the time , looking around every couple seconds for inbound threats ) take your foot off the break and get to destination. Thanks!

By: John Hughes

John Hughes — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:17:43 +0000

When I have a “Girlfriend/Significant other with me, I have always taken the time to tell them of such situations. After doing so, I give them a one word alert, Deck!(as in, “Hit the deck”). That woman knows that regardless of where we are or the situation, they have to trust that the worse case situation is about to unfold(I’ll have to draw my handgun), and that by them hitting the floor and staying there until given further instructions, ect., they remove themselves from danger of being on the possible recieving end of incoming fire and my knowing that for that moment they are safe, allows me to not “worry” as much about their safety so that I may effectively deal with the threat at hand.

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By: Jeff

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