You must choose an item to protect yourself with. Name that item.

[Mr. Ed]

Would your item be a gun, kung fu, word/reasoning skills, an armored tank, a battleship, super powers? Name your protection.

 

[win231]

Depends on the situation.
Kung Fu? Fine, provided your adversary is not much younger or larger than you. And is not armed, either.
A gun is a last resort, only appropriate for situations that involve serious injury or death (if you want to stay out of prison).

 

[hollydolly]

I wouldn't use a weapon unless I was absolutely sure I could kill a person stone dead.. ..it can too easily be turned on you

I'd use the super power of invisibility...

 

[Aunt Marg]

My husband is a big guy, has a martial arts background, and is extremely athletic. He walks tall and with confidence and doesn't worry about being confronted.

Myself, being half my husbands size and no where near his strength, a dash of superpowers would be nice, sort of like Bewitched, where a snap of my fingers or a quick twirl of my hand in the air would render an attacker defenseless.

Of course I would love to have a little Jackie Chan, behind me, too.

 

[Pepper]

Well. I used to protect myself with 'the pill.' Now I would use my keys. Right in the eye I would.

 

[Pepper]

In my forties 2 women were bothering me so I learned the double clothesline in case I needed to defend myself. I became very adept at this. In my forties I was no one to mess with.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Okay, Mr. Ed, now your turn.

 

[Ceege]

Common sense in not letting myself be caught alone without witnesses. Then pepper spray. Then "Feet. Do your thing."
But, before all that, get and read:

The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence by Gavin de Becker https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56465.The_Gift_of_Fear via @goodreads

A lot of great tips.

 

[jujube]

Oh, definitely super powers.

I'd like to have the "death ray eyes", but I'd want a rheostat on them so that I could dial it down to "serious-testicular-pain" or maybe just "highly-unpleasant-itch-somewhere-personal" in case I didn't want to use the "death mode".

 

[Sliverfox]

Would be nice to remember to carry the insect spray with me.

 

[Nathan]

I'd prefer using my hands, that way no thug is going to whine to the police that they got beat up by an[almost] 70 year old man.
I'm not sure I can pull that off anymore...maybe a big knife, nobody wants to get cut.

 

[Aunt Marg]

I'd prefer using my hands, that way no thug is going to whine to the police that they got beat up by an[almost] 70 year old man.
I'm not sure I can pull that off anyone...maybe a big knife, nobody wants to get cut.

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I much prefer the old, Nathan.

 

[Wren]

Well. I used to protect myself with 'the pill.' Now I would use my keys. Right in the eye I would.

Me too, hopefully if I ever need to use them I don’t ‘freeze’ with fear .......

 

[Buckeye]

I have always just used my natural charm and wit to avoid any need for weapons, etc.

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

I hate to admit this but I've always wanted to hit someone over the head with my cast iron frying pan. My hubby has come pretty close but I backed off.
In all honesty I probably would be so scared that if someone confronted me and I had a gun in my hand I wouldn't have the wits about me to pull the trigger.
I have been known to let out a blood curdling scream from time to time that would chase anything away.

 

[RadishRose]

Superpowers! (God mode)

 

[Mr. Ed]

Emit a paralyzing odor

 

[Aunt Marg]

I would fart and rocket away

I should have known you were full of it!

 

[Warrigal]

Nothing physical - truth, the law and my voice.

In a physical confrontation all I have is my death stare.

 

[Pappy]

I’d give them the look my wife gave our kids when they were being bad. Nothing like it..leaves one paralyzed.

 

[Irwin]

How about the ability to become invisible, which would be a superpower. Or, since a fantasy weapon is an option, how about a laser gun? Or a dematerialization gun. Just make the hooligan disintegrate and be gone with him.

 

[Lara]

A little pepper spray and a whole lotta' Jesus

 

[jerry old]

my knuckles almost drag the ground so i haven't had a lot of problems.

my friend, bigfoot often walks with me; boy can we clear a sidewalk.

(Fact- Waylon Jennings, a hillbilly singer, always had two, three bikers in tow. That was during his later years when he became a dope head.)

 

[jerry old]

I just though, what a bizarre thread this is in our alleged civilized nation.
Were on our way to hell...

 

[Sassycakes]

I would want a superpower that would make me disappear. Anything else would I would be too clumsy to handle.