Lipstick That Leaves More Than a Mark

They say that being forewarned is being forearmed. This is true, but is that enough? Just because you receive a warning, doesn’t mean you really heard it, nor does it mean that you will act upon it. Too often, we hear about attacks on innocent people, and we think that those things would never happen [...]

Crime Rates Increase As Unemployment Increases – Need For Self Defense Products

The job reports were released today and once again hundreds of thousands of new unemployment claims. Some people will tell you that the recession is slowing because the new monthly unemployment cases have decreased over the last few months. Do these so called economists think the American public is a bunch of idiots? We are [...]

Protection is Priceless

Most of us never imagine ourselves in a dangerous circumstance being attacked by someone who wants to rob us. However, with crime on the rise – even in small, quiet towns that are known for very low crime rates – personal attacks are becoming more and more common. If you think you might ever [...]

Skyrocketing Violent Crime and Women

Looking at the tail end of 2006 and the beginning of 2007 it is plain to see crime has been soaring across the country. Women’s security issues, which have always been a special concern anyway, have also risen dramatically. Violent crime had been at unprecedented low levels for many years. However, in 2006, crime [...]

Pepper Spray as a Non-lethal Self-defense Tool

Unfortunately we live in a day and age where crime rates are soaring in conjunction with the demographic of the single woman. More and more women today are single than in any other generation previous. It is sad and regrettable that as women are getting increasingly independent, they are also at a much higher risk [...]

Choosing The Right Self Defense Instructor

It is not anymore surprising why so many people would like to join online self defense classes. The world is getting dangerous and crime rates have been shooting up, which is why there is a need for one to learn to protect and defend themselves from people who would want to inflict pain and [...]

Personal Protection is on the Rise

These days there is more and more attention being paid to personal attacks. It seems as though even in areas that have had very low crime rates, the number or crimes is rising, and often, the seriousness and viciousness of the crimes is rising, too. Something else is rising, too. The number of [...]

Crime Rates and Statistics

Statistics show that crimes and the rate at which they occur is rising each and every day. Crime is not something that will disappear, especially in the society we live in. Even though there are rules, laws and regulations, they don’t prevent random acts of thievery or violence from happening to you or any [...]

Who Should Have Guns? – Taking Away Guns From Citizens Could Take Away Their Rights To Defend Themselves.

Introduction Taking away guns from citizens may be well intentioned but it could rob away people’s rights to defend themselves. There are rising concerns from various stakeholders that guns should not just be the reserve for law enforcers and criminals. (Goodman, 2004)Ordinary citizens need to have the ability to protect themselves too. The essay [...]