If I personally were carrying a bag full of maxipads, that ought to be a pretty good signal to these chumps that this is a really bad time to irritate me.

I Don't know how many times I've been assaulted here in Australia but I have clinically Died 33 times. DIg this I was "Dead" and having Lavish conversations with the Ambulance officers on various topics LAWL Dead feels like your Bodies hollow Horrible feeling!

A actually Died three times on the way to hospital!

I hate my life Oz sucks!

+1 this is how you do it!

Been there, done that. Ran from three and still had my arse kicked when one caught up.

Many years ago (more then 10 now I think) I had done nothing to start it.
I walked friend of the time home, then these guys came up and began with verbal abuse, so I just walked on. Then one said something like, I was the person who had done him or his family some wrong so they all bundled me up against a wall.
I managed to get free and ran. One of his friends was faster and knocked me down. Then they kicked me about for 10-30 minuets.
If it happened again, I would go all out to kill.
Sod the police, they did nothing when I was beaten. I even knew who one of them was and still nothing happened.

Duck and cover! That helps a lot in every situation. If you might survive an atomic explosion with that then a group of illegals at any rate!

yes, because every time I have been mugged it was by a variety of non white illegally residing British hobos, and not the white power fuckwits I thought it was - OH! You variety of international, hardworking, morally strong and hygenic peoples, your dissguises are so good. Next time I know for sure to tell the police (who just watched by the way) I am actually being attacked by those from the middle east, india, china (hell, I'll scream: "I am being raped by all of asia!" - why not go for it?!), polish people, hispanics, black people from Birmingham, Lancastrians, English people, those friendly people from Greece (yeah, you know the type with their... well... culture and all that)...

...rather than the eight pasty-white mancunian accented brick-shitters who are armed with crowbars and chains, singing along with Skrewdriver tunes playing from their cut n shut ford cortina with thier white braces, white laces and white faces and BNP t-shirts, because of course... that would be right.

Dickhead!

I apologize for the discomfort my conversation theme might have caused you. I had been concerned and wanted to discuss, because especially in the past, i had some particularly nasty encounters. When i wasn't able to defend myself yet. I wasn't trying to insult anyone or being bigot and stuff. Also, i have some kind of premonition when it is something to happen, especially not good. And i feel better discussing it and letting it off.

Thanks for the answers that weren't trollish. All things considered, i hope to have the best and easiest possible going.

The firearms class we attended said the best defense is to avoid the situation in the first place. Failing that, escape is the next best option. Further failing that, a non-lethal debilitating defense is best, be it a tazer or pepper spray.

After that, a portable mini-gun. ; )

So avoid walking in that type of environment if possible; call a cab or bum a ride from a friend. Have good situational awareness if this is unavoidable. Be prepared to run, and it's helpful to know the surrounding neighborhood so you know the shortest path to reach help and/or safety. Carry some means of non-lethal self-defense. If you must, carry a firearm as an absolute last resort, and get training prior to doing so.

It's easy to give answers to this kind of situation when you're sitting behind your keyboard in comfort and with the luxury of thinking things straight, but as far as I know, in these sort of situation things like panic and instincts kick in, which doesn't make coming up with a straight answer an easy task.

How do you know that if you roll over and let yourself get beaten that it won't end up on your death (or any other unpleasant situation…. and then death)? You can only hope they want your wallet or maybe get back to you for something you've done or whatever. Having training helps control some of your panic responses, but you never know if the other guy has training as well, or a buddy behind you. You can only assume he doesn't, but your life might pretty much depend on that assumption.

Fleeing is best if possible, but sometimes it's not. Fighting might help you, but if they were going easy on you for a quick cash grab or just wanted to knock you around for whatever, defending yourself might make them vengeful and if they get the upper hand, you're in even worse trouble than if you had just let things flow without resistance. You never really know!

Also, I think the legal side is the last one to pop in someone's mind when they're reacting in a violent situation. Sure, if you manage to subdue your attacker, then you can think about not killing him or doing him too much harm as long as he stays subdued or away from you, but if you feel like your life is in danger, your survival instinct is likely to kick in and go "FUCK THIS DUDE!" and go for the eyes or neck with your teeth if you have to. Either that or it's the good ol' fashioned "SOMEBODY HEEEEEELP MEEEEEE!!!!" while you flail or run without knowing where you are or where to go because brains kinda stop working logically on some scary situations.

I think I'd flee. I've got long legs and thin arms, so I'd be better off running than punching. I gotta stick to my strengths, you know, and strength isn't exactly my strength.

Then again, if he has a gun, I'd freeze while quietly peeing my pants.

Escape!