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---NOTE: ALL OUR CONTACT INFO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE!!!--- Here you will find daily news and updates regarding personal protection, self-defense, counter violence, and anti-crime issues. Please note, this is NOT martial arts or karate! This is practical, effective, and realistic information to educate yourself about predatory criminals, murder, assault, rape, muggings, and other forms of violation. We collect items of interest from across the web and post them here for you to view. If it involves intentional interpersonal Human violence in the context of the individual person, we'll post it here. We don't really post stuff about wars, genocide, and other mass social violence. This is focused on individuals facing an attacker. This blog is a small part of the main website http://www.VitalSelfDefense.com

Friday, July 17, 2009

Child shoots break-in intruders

Well geez, I guess sometimes kids and guns do mix with good results.

http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=10741492&nav=menu57_2

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

72-Year-Old Ex-Boxer Punches-Out a Knife Thug

Sometimes, the good guys do win. Check it out.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2508560/OAP-gives-burglar-two-powerful-right-hooks-to-the-face.html

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Iran woman killed in protests (Very Graphic)

Sometimes you need to look at the evil done in the world, so you are more empowered to counter / fight against it. This is VERY GRAPHIC, but also very real. It should be watched by all adults who care about this world and it's people.

Here is the statement posted along with the original video:

Basij shots to death a young woman in Tehran's Saturday June 20th protests At 19:05 June 20th Place: Karekar Ave., at the corner crossing Khosravi St. and Salehi st. A young woman who was standing aside with her father watching the protests was shot by a basij member hiding on the rooftop of a civilian house. He had clear shot at the girl and could not miss her. However, he aimed straight her heart. I am a doctor, so I rushed to try to save her. But the impact of the gunshot was so fierce that the bullet had blasted inside the victim's chest, and she died in less than 2 minutes. The protests were going on about 1 kilometers away in the main street and some of the protesting crowd were running from tear gass used among them, towards Salehi St. The film is shot by my friend who was standing beside me. Please let the world know.

This video may end up being pulled off YouTube, but then again, they may be mature enough to keep it. You'll need a YouTube account (free) to see it because they must verify you are over 18, which is appropriate.

Go to the follow address...

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Man beaten with meat tenderizer

Check it out. Not sure anyone teaches defense against meat tools.

Woman drugged and raped 10 men

Although the vast majority of the time it's the women getting raped by men, this story struck me as interesting enough to post.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

First "Anti-Stab" Knife Goes On Sale in UK

This is a true sign of how bad things have gotten in regards to how we address violence mitigation. Can anyone tell me what's wrong (keep it under 10 pages long please) with this thing?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6501720.ece

Monday, June 15, 2009

How the Recession is Impacting Crime

Interesting article you should check out.

http://www.billshrink.com/blog/how-the-recession-is-impacting-crime/

I know crime in my neighborhood has risen noticeably in the last year.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Woman Blinded by acid wants same for attacker

This is horrible. A woman in Iran had acid put in her face, which melted it and blinded her. She now wants an eye for and eye justice - literally! I feel the real story here is the initial acid attack on her by this terrible man. Also, be sure and flip through the pictures. Although not very graphic / gory, it shows this woman before and after the attack. Quite a difference. How would you deal with the bitterness if this happened to you? Would you / could you forgive this stupid attacker? If it hasn't been said before, violence is really f-ed up... seriously.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/19/acid.attack.victim/

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

The 13 Most Irresponsible Self Defense Gadgets Money Can Buy

Life in the 21-st century is safer than ever before. This doesn't stop people from selling and buying overpriced and often useless self-defense products. Some of these real products seem a hell of a lot more dangerous to the owner than the mugger.

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Hilarious Self Defense Video

How to protect yourself while getting mugged. Sadly, there's some stuff out there that isn't too far away from advice this bad. Funny though :-)

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Violent Criminals Allowed to Hide Behind Fake Names

Violent criminals and sex offenders in Australia are being allowed to change their names by deed poll, helping them hide their pasts and reduce the risk of revenge attacks. Wouldn't want the criminals to be attacked, now would we?

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Juvenile Stalkers are More Violent than Adult

Stalking by children and teenagers tends to be significantly more violent than that carried out by adults, Australian research has suggested. Psychiatrists found they rarely acted because of infatuation for their victim, as often assumed. Instead stalking was an extension of bullying...

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Pop Tarts Toasted Treats Spurs Violent Stabbing Attack

Catheline Marie Colon allegedly stabbed her boyfriend after he denied her a Pop Tart. Now, how much do you want to bet there's a little bit more leading up to this stabbing than just a pop tart? When will we learn?

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Saudi judge: It's OK to slap spendthrift wives

Husbands are allowed to slap their wives if they spend lavishly, a Saudi judge said recently during a seminar on domestic violence.

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

Woman Raped in Washington Park, 100s Watched No One Helped

Hours ago (Saturday, May 23) a woman in her 20’s was raped in a Washington park in front of hundreds of witnesses, and nobody stepped forward to try and stop it from happening. Michael van Poppel, founder and editor of BreakingNews on Twitter and BNONews.com reported the incident on his Twitter page as details came in:

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Thursday, May 21, 2009

The Eight Dumbest Car Thieves

Despite what Hollywood blockbusters such as "Gone in Sixty Seconds," "Heat" and "Catch Me If You Can" would have us believe, most criminals are not masterminds. Here are eight real car thieves who prove that those too lazy to get what they want through hard work and determination are prone to failure.

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