The truth is, it can happen anywhere. If a carjacker sees an opportunity, he will take it so beware. Obviously the larger the city the more frequency of the crime but no town or hamlet is immune.
The area most critical for heightened vigilance is the five mile radius around your home. This is where most carjackings took place. Your most traveled area, where we stop for errands and fast food are perfect opportunities for a carjacker to stage his attack. The moment of attack will come when you are alone, have your key ready, your door is unlocked and you are ready to get in.
So who is attacked most often? Well, if you are a man, believe it or not, you will be carjacked more frequently than a lady. If you are black your chances of being carjacked are higher than if you are white. Are you Hispanic? Beware, you will be carjacked more often than your non-Hispanic counterpart. Finally, if you are married or widowed you’re safer than your single, separated or divorced counterparts. Ladies, you need to keep a stun gun handy!
Some of the reasoning behind these statistics has to do with demographics that frequent risky locations. It’s no surprise that single, guys and gals whether black or Hispanic can be found at bars and nightclubs which tend to be listed in risky locations.
So some of the facts are logical and logic says be prepared. Carry a stun gun with you at all times. You never know when you might be the target of a carjacker.
My wife and I like to take a nice walk through our rural neighborhood and watch the sun set over the Skagit River as fades into the Puget sound. It is a nice usually quiet walk.Unfortunately some bad dog owners think that when they no longer want or can afford that out of control dog, dropping it off in a rural neighborhood is a good idea. It is not, although it does happen.
These are the dogs that require us to carry protection and I would rather use 800,000 volts of dog deterrent in the form of a telescoping stun baton as apposed to shooting my pistol during an attack from a stray dog. It would be nice to think that one day we might not need to worry about the possibility of being attacked by a viscous stray dog. Until that day I will carry a high voltage dog repellent stun baton or other protection device when for protection when the wife and I are on our evening walk.
Not that it would bother me very much to have to shoot a vicious stray dog, my concern would be more for the danger to my neighbors or their animals from a stray bullet. That will never be a problem with a telescoping stun baton. After a couple of seconds of being shocked by 800,000 volts of dog deterrent, that stray dog will probably run and hide when it sees us coming down the street.
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Date Added: Sep 3, 2010;
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