Not sure how I’d react…..cuz I know I might freeze in disbelief. ‘Course, I’m not from any-where-close-to-NYC….
So we really don’t see much of that where I roam. I might just stare. I might instinctively womp them a good one up side the head when their attention was involved elsewhere. Yes I might….not sayin’ it would be advisable, but I just might cuz I’d hope someone would do the same for me. ….and I’d be using a cane and can swing from a stable stance. {and I’ve had quite a lot of other training….tho against a gun, it wouldn’t turn out well} I also have a ‘stadium voice’ that can sometimes have an affect {worked with teens…} ….tho apparently not in NYC?? [don’t BE there!]
Anyway, if a granny like me jumps in….around here I believe others would back me up. Well….around here, if I wanted to do some womping, I’d have to claw my way to the front, I think.
At the least, do folks just turn their phone cameras toward the guy’s face so police have a record? One can do that rather inconspicuously. Right? Maybe some did?
I like low population density locations…..NOT guarantee of safety. We have murders here. Nasty bad one recently. But they make headlines for months!
Ladies [of ANY AGE] please do learn self-defense!!!! You learn attitude and prevention and attentiveness, as well as technique. (I learned and taught…long ago.)
OldMtWoman ….I do worry that I LOOK vulnerable at this point….even if I’m not as much as I look.