For Your Safety... I've been thinking about this for the last few days, writing down some thoughts I had in my head, hoping to post a full entry on here, but this is all I have to say about it.
I don't know about the rest of you, but the kidnapping of the two teen girls in California was the last straw for me. I wish I had more knowledge in psychology to try to understand criminals, but still. Kidnapping young children and young adults to sexually assault and kill them is totally unacceptable and I wish everyone knew that. The victims in all these cases have not done anything wrong to deserve any of this. I wish there was something I could do, something we all could do as a whole to try and prevent this stuff. The Amber laws that more and more states are using helps a little by capturing the criminal quicker and getting a good chance of rescuing the victims, but most likely by then a crime has already been committed and a good amount of psychological/physical trauma exists.
So my question to you is Do you feel safe? As a teen girl? With your children? In general? I remember being asked this question about my safety in school, after the Columbine shootings. I used to worry about dodging bullets and flying knives, now I worry that I don't have proper self-defense skills just in case.
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I'm afraid to let my 11 year old sister play outside. I mean, this is rediculous and beyond. I don't feel safe - not at all. I am 18 but look a lot younger. I'm a prey to sex offenders.
For the most part, yes I do feel safe. But I was taught growing-up that I needed to be aware of what's going on around me, and what situations not to get myself into...I tend to think I'm not a target because I'm 5'10" and run about 230 lbs...but you never know. I also carry pepperspray if I'm going somewhere myself that I'm uncomfortable with. I have large Mag-Lite flashlights all over our house and one in each car (good for bludgeoning), and I always lock my car doors, when I get in, when I get out... My husband's family is in Lake Elsinore, CA (The Freak that abducted Samantha Runnion graduated in the class following my husband's). We are giving his 17 yr old sister pepperspray and a Mag-Lite for her Birthday this year... As far as my child goes, (she's 18 months old) I'm terrified of what's going on.
A couple of my co-workers take kick boxing classes, and they want me to join them, and after all this stuff thats been happening I'm serously considering it.
