Keeping My Family Safe

Planning for Personal Safety 

This is not the world we grew up in.  It is estimated that the world is experiencing four times the number of natural disasters with significantly greater loss than several decades ago. There are changing demographics and geo-political circumstances that should impact the ways and methods we use to evaluate our personal safety. 

When planning for your own and your loved ones safety, take an educated view by answering the following questions:

1. What does the law allow me to do?

2. What legal obligations do I have?

3. Are there policies (in my work environment) that restrict my legal abilities?

4. What is it that I need to protect myself from? 

5. Do I need to consider emergency planning in addition to self defense?

6. Have I identified my critical assets?

7. Do I need to purchase a handgun? Do I need to apply for a permit to carry? Note: statistically, it is much more likely you will lay your hands on someone using reasonable force than pointing a handgun at an adversary.

8. If I decide I need to learn self defense, the question is; What type of training will best serve an individual in regards to personal safety? Does the self defense program teach motor skills the average person can remember, and quickly perform, in unexpected situations, and when under high stress? (This is often referred to as the Fight or Flight Syndrome.) Or does it just focus on technique?