I'm sitting in bed with a loaded 9mm pistol next to me listening very closely to any noise I may hear. Last night, my girlfriend was laying in bed with her son and had just dozed off when she hears consecutive loud bangs on her back door. She barricades herself in the room as soon as she goes into panic mode and calls the sheriff. Fast forward to tonight, and I come over to find this next to the porch https://imgur.com/a/uboygyp . We hang out for a bit and I go to smoke a cigarette at the back door with it open. 3 minutes into the smoke and I hear a man's voice straight in front of me in the dark of the woods. 12 AM. I am so struck that I heard a man's voice that I couldn't remember or make out what it said but when thinking back I hear "He ain't gone hurt nobody" but I'm not 100% because my mind could be tricking me but I'm 100% I heard a man's voice. So, here I am. Sitting in bed next to my girl with a 9mm feeling paranoid and running through different scenarios. Can someone give advice? I won't be sleeping tonight.
Edit: There were a few events leading up to the one last night that signify worse intent than robbery. I don't want to disclose too much.
Using a throwaway because carrying for self defense is illegal in my country. Don’t want to risk being identified via my main account.
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So, I'm interested in buying a pocket staff for self-defense reasons. I just turned 20 and in recent years, probably since I was 16, I have been hit on in public on my way home from school and I was actually attacked twice by men at the park near my house. On several occasions men have followed me or even tried to get me into their cars after work/school. I have never used any self-defense tools before but recently I'm feeling the need to get some asap. I've been seeing people use pocket staffs on tik tok lately and I like the idea of carrying something small and collapsable in my pocket when I'm coming home late from my evening lectures.
Most reviews I'm seeing on Amazon.ca and other websites are negative. Some say the staffs are unsafe and should come with a warning. One reviewer even had to get stitches because the staff cut them badly upon opening. Other reviewers say they break easily upon opening and closing the staff. I don't know much about pocket staffs, so I don't know where I could buy one of better quality that is "more safe". Does anyone have any information on these that could help me out?? I appreciate any and all suggestions!
UPDATE: I live in Canada so pepper spray is illegal and I can't get a firearm (wouldn't want to anyway). Also, I am fit and muscular and am pretty confident that someone else wouldn't be able to take the staff away from me. I am a very fast runner as well. I've thought about getting one of those keychain safety alarms to go along with the defense tool of a pocket staff.
so last Friday this girl stepped all over my feet and punched me because she doesn't like me so I pushed her away. Everybody acted like I just committed the worst crime on earth because I got her out of my personal bubble. She is a pretty trashy person and she has a lot of trashy dude friends. I'm pretty sure i'm going to get jumped at school on Monday and I don't know what to do. Can anybody help me so I don't get seriously injured?
