Way too many street crime encounters

Greetings!

During the last weeks, I've suddenly encountered way too many "street crime events" with people wielding brass knuckles, telescopic batons etc. It's usually gang fights that occur on public streets or some criminals trying to pick fights with random pedestrians.

I tend to evade those encounters and places as much as I can, but since I have to escort children through those places, I found myself more often than not running from random violence while dragging the children along.

We usually manage to escape, some times thanks to some brave pedestrians stepping in to cover the children and block the path for pursuing criminals.

I know that running is always the best option. But what if running does not work? I am quite small and have a hard time building muscle mass. I've done a lot of fencing in the past, but my arms are not long enough to keep someone on distance when fencing with a knife. And I cant really carry a foil or epee with me, this is not the 1600s after all. Since I tend to wear baggy cloths, I did consider hiding a bowie knife or an actual dagger (not allowed to use stilettos here) inside my hoodie or jeans. But since I'd be outnumbered either way in such a situation, I could only ever utilize it to breach through an encirclement or to retreat while fencing off attacks. But I have never really been in an actual brawl (well, I have, but I never was armed and I always got headlocked within seconds because I am small lol). So I wouldnt know if any of this would even be "realistic".

My country has strict gun laws btw, so those are out of question. The only ranged weapons realistically available would be stuff like pistol crossbows, throwing axes and stars. But lets face it, I'm not a ninja or some special ops dude lol.

Submitted April 28, 2023 at 08:05PM by Some-Rhubarb-5241 https://ift.tt/hx5Vegu