Right From the Front Page....

[Jonas]

OK, this didn't take too much imagination to write, but I believes it applies to all of us. It will be written from a male perspective...

You, your wife, and your two daughters (one teen-age, one about ten years old), head into the nearest larg-ish city for a shopping trip. What you're shopping for (preps perhaps?) isn't available in your own small town, or perhaps is on sale in the larger town. Your game plan is to have a fun family outing, make your purchases, and take the family to a shop for ice cream sundaes, then head home by 5:00PM or so, well before dark.

You park your car about a block away from the store which is your main puropse of the trip, and start walking down the street with your family when you are suddenly surrounded by 10 to 12 middle-eastern "immigrants" who immediately start bumping your wife and daughters a'la "Cologne Germany New Years Eve". The "bumpinng" becomes "groping" of the female private parts. This is definitely a group attack of a sexually predatory nature.

1. What EDC items do you have?
2. Can any of these items help you?
3. What instructions have you given to your wife and children concerning this possibility?
4. What are your actions?
5. Can you plan such an outing to avoid a situation such as I described?

Note: for purposes of this discussion, US-style concealed carry is NOT an option.