herecomesaregular
We're in the pipe, 5 by 5
..... apart from your natural wit of course....
My sister gets the train to London and walks across London Bridge daily for work. I also get the train to work and go to crowded events regularly (the Albion obs, Glastonbury etc).
When we met up after the London Bridge attack we inevitably spoke about it, and also referenced the recent attacks on trains in the US and Belgium. When we were at "code red" or whatever the highest level it was, the beeb showed numerous clips of armed police on trains. She seemed nervous in a way she hasn't before.
Now, yes, it's all good and fine to keep calm and carry on your usual business and not change anything at all (which we've all been doing) - and I'm not thinking of going all Sarah Connor here - but it did make us consider whether to carry something like:
- A tactical torch, that has an instant press strobe function, such as the Klarus XT11
- A Uk-legal dye spray, such as the FARB spray
There may be no time to use them of course but they could also give you and others the few extra seconds to get away from the (to quote the London pub-clip that Sky showed at least twice when I was watching Sat night) " ****ing Muslim ****s ". <I'm not condoning such language and have no ill feeling to the majority of Muslims but it did make me laugh, even at the time, that Sky kept showing the clip, apologising for the bad language at the end.... and then a few minutes later showing it again>
Part of me thinks this is paranoia getting the better of me, part of me thinks do the families of the victims wish they had bought them?
The torch particularly cannot be considered a weapon, and is small, the spray is advertised as legal but still may be a grey area in terms of assault if used.
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My sister gets the train to London and walks across London Bridge daily for work. I also get the train to work and go to crowded events regularly (the Albion obs, Glastonbury etc).
When we met up after the London Bridge attack we inevitably spoke about it, and also referenced the recent attacks on trains in the US and Belgium. When we were at "code red" or whatever the highest level it was, the beeb showed numerous clips of armed police on trains. She seemed nervous in a way she hasn't before.
Now, yes, it's all good and fine to keep calm and carry on your usual business and not change anything at all (which we've all been doing) - and I'm not thinking of going all Sarah Connor here - but it did make us consider whether to carry something like:
- A tactical torch, that has an instant press strobe function, such as the Klarus XT11
- A Uk-legal dye spray, such as the FARB spray
There may be no time to use them of course but they could also give you and others the few extra seconds to get away from the (to quote the London pub-clip that Sky showed at least twice when I was watching Sat night) " ****ing Muslim ****s ". <I'm not condoning such language and have no ill feeling to the majority of Muslims but it did make me laugh, even at the time, that Sky kept showing the clip, apologising for the bad language at the end.... and then a few minutes later showing it again>
Part of me thinks this is paranoia getting the better of me, part of me thinks do the families of the victims wish they had bought them?
The torch particularly cannot be considered a weapon, and is small, the spray is advertised as legal but still may be a grey area in terms of assault if used.
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