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Wearable bulletproof jackets make much more sense to me than a handgun for practical defense. I have lived in Oakland for the last 5 years, in nice areas. Duri

Wearable bulletproof jackets make much more sense to me than a handgun for practical defense. I have lived in Oakland for the last 5 years, in nice areas. During that time: - Brian Bore, a 30 year old data scientist was walking home from a bar just down the street from where I lived at the time, and was shot dead. They never caught the murderer. [1] - A couple blocks away from my office in downtown Oakland, a woman was shot by a stay bullet during the day, [2] and teen's funeral was attacked and a 16-year old girl was killed. [3] There have been other incidents as well, for which I do not have news sources: My S/O at the time was held up at gunpoint and his wallet and phone stolen. My morning coffee place had a mugging at gunpoint at 10 AM on Saturday morning (I arrived a half hour after it happened). Our city is plagued by gun violence. It disturbs me greatly. However, I don't think getting a gun myself makes sense. I have no problem with a gun for protection, but the kind of gun violence we face in this city is not the kind that is easily solved with a pistol. When someone has a gun trained on you and is trying to mug you, a gun of your own is not likely to help with that situation. If you're hit by a stray bullet, that's another situation that a gun of your own doesn't help with. And for just drive-by shootings, or whatever happened to Brian Bore, a gun of your own doesn't help at all. A lightweight bulletproof jacket makes a LOT more sense. Consider me an interested buyer. I wonder how light it is -- the jacket in the video looks pretty hefty. 1. https://abc7news.com/news/former-nasa-scientist-fatally-shot-in-oakland/1288472/ https://abc7news.com/news/former-nasa-scientist-fatally-shot... 2. https://abc7news.com/news/innocent-bystander-hurt-in-oakland-shooting/1147672/ https://abc7news.com/news/innocent-bystander-hurt-in-oakland... 3. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Downtown-Oakland-rush-hour-shooting-sends-8157911.php https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Downtown-Oakland-rush...

foxyv 8y ago
I definitely agree. A gun on your person isn't going to stop the bullets you don't see. The robber or psycho will always have the drop on you. If you watch the Youtube channel "Active Self Protection", he goes over tons of scenarios caught on camera and a lot of them DO NOT end well even if the victim is armed. And THEN if the victim does manage to defend themselves they can end up dealing with legal issues afterwards even if they never fire their weapon. Even pulling a pistol is technically assault with a deadly weapon in most cities and if you don't follow the rules you can go to jail for a long time.

foxyv 8y ago

I definitely agree. A gun on your person isn't going to stop the bullets you don't see. The robber or psycho will always have the drop on you. If you watch the Youtube channel "Active Self Protection", he goes over tons of scenarios caught on camera and a lot of them DO NOT end well even if the victim is armed. And THEN if the victim does manage to defend themselves they can end up dealing with legal issues afterwards even if they never fire their weapon. Even pulling a pistol is technically assault with a deadly weapon in most cities and if you don't follow the rules you can go to jail for a long time.