Keys, in a hand-to-hand situation. I've got big hands and a big key ring, and I've rehearsed what I might do if the need ever arose.
I walk around at night in an urban area, and on those rare occasions when life on the street seems a little edgy I'll unobstrusively back a four-battery steel flashlight.
If somebody ever comes at me at home, I'll just throw the cat at them -- half Siamese, half Burmese. Be interesting to see if the intruder had a face left.
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