Yes, a few minutes of their time screws up days, weeks, months or years of your life! At 19, my apartment was broken into and my TV, stereo, albums, etc., were stolen. For a long time, when I came home alone, I had to enter the apartment, and before locking myself in, I had to look all through the place, under my bed, in the closet and shower,.....and even then I wasn't completely comfortable for a while.

I went to see Stardust this weekend. It was alright....pretty good...

Anyway...It was raining and my husband pulled the car around to pick me up after the movie let out. I was standing there and a girl and what looked like her mother were leaving the theater quickly with what looked like the girl's boyfriend trailing after. Apparently some guy had just punched her in the theater and they were telling the boyfriend about it. He hesitated to get in the car after hearing about it, but the mom said, "don't worry she got him back really good". They quickly left (escaping the scene) and I see a guy leave with blood on his face with a green '13' jersey on(also escaping the scene). He leaves. My husband pulls around and just as he does the police show up and enter the theater. I saw the truck Mr. Puncher left in and I'll be careful to avoid that screw up....(it's a small town at times)
What would prompt you to punch a random woman in a movie theater?
My husband was hearing comments in the theater as we were leaving like, "did you see his face"?!?
That could have been anyone. Sounds like she kicked the crap out of him in response. I was glad to hear it. But jesus...can't everyone just have a nice Sunday matinee without the "RBS"?

I'm involved in some major RBS right now. I can (probably) talk about it in mid-October. Till then, I'll have to hold my breath on this thread.
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You have the heart of an angel, inside the body of a big cuddly teddy bear. The Cellar's own Mother Teresa, ladies and gents: lumberjim.

Don't worry, he made it back on the undercoating and the "rusty jones".:D

I know what kind of a person I am.

Share with us.

I have been. for almost 4 years now.

Spexxvet, enough is enough when the bad guy is lying there with a third eye and no brain wave. If you can arrange that. You can't always, but when you can, that chap's troublemaking years have come to a sudden end, and that's what's wanted.

At least by non-hoplophobes -- who seem to be the people with sense on their side in such matters.

Raging against self defense never works.:stickpoke Particularly on those who prefer self-defense to death.

So explain how the jackee's having a handgun, in this situation, would have helped.

If you think there's a chance of this happening to you, which there is, what are you doing to prevent it from happening, or to prepare for it if it does? I don't just mean carjacking, but all manner of assault.

The best defense is to avoid the situation in the first place, be aware of your surroundings, stay out of certain high-risk places, keep your car well maintained and gassed up, avoid being the victim as much as possible. Beyond that, learn to defend yourself, at least a little.

Here's a video called Carjacking Defense Moves. I don't know if this would have helped in the particular situation being discussed, but at least it gets you thinking about options, instead of being resigned to be the victim.

(Sorry, I couldn't figure out how to imbed the video.)

There are lots of other self-defense videos on that site, but I haven't watched them.

Good advice HLJ....too bad the "high risk places" have turned into everywhere. That's the nature of RBS....it's not random if you know it's likely.

But if you think of it in terms of probability, some places are much more conducive to RBS - you can reduce your odds of being victimized by avoiding certain places.

Other things can increase your risk: if you walk around wearing lots of gold and jewelery; if you tend to get drunk and pass out in alleys; if you drive certain car models (which is why I'm surprised the guy in this story replaced his car with the same model); if you walk down the street unaware of what's happening around you - you'll increase your risk of being a victim.

You can't decrease your risk to zero, but you can substantially reduce it.

There....this is a good response. Again.
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ie: I am agreeing with you. Always be prepared is my point.

I missed Cloud's post #2 on what "RBS" meant, so I checked it on urbandictionary.com

This thread is hilarious and y'all didn't know it.