Originally Posted by KinkyKiwi

sweetpea, do you know what the gun laws in NY are? i was actually thinking about it because i have many friends who live in not so good areas and i never feel safe when i go to visit them. for a while i was carrying a hunting knife and the few times i felt that a man was threating my safety just pulling the handle and part of the blade out so he could see seemed to be a good deterent. maybe the gun kinda works the same way..if a possible attacker seems someone armed and calm how likely are they going to be to still attack? one of my male friend taught me how if i needed to i could aim for the groin with the knife. even if i was being restrained.