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> Here's a tip for the indian women living in such fuck towns. Get a sturdy piece of food and whack some long rusty nails through it. Learn how to swing it. Carry it when you if you need to walk during dark/after hours.

Pretty sure this will get you raped and killed. Do you really think you can defend yourself from 3 men with some rusty nails ?

The problem here is a cultural problem and you can (try to) solve it by changing the culture through education and law enforcement.

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I agree, though guns work better along this mindset because:

1. loud (even if you miss, people know something's up).

2. they don't require much physical strength.

TBH, a loud device will probably do more good for deterrents than attempting to beat attackers with quiet sticks and nails.

Active deterrents help, but limiting the places it can happen will do better than law enforcement ever will. Consider installing more toilets instead of shitting in open fields. Not only does it increase safety but there's a multitude of health benefits.

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2014/06/09/319529037/i...

http://www.india.com/lifestyle/indias-lack-of-toilets-is-con...

So you really think that half a billion guns in hands will make India safer?

Apart from that, the family could not even afford a simple door, no way they can buy a gun then.

>> Do you really think you can defend yourself from 3 men with some rusty nails ?

It's called a "Morning star" and is a medieval weapon. And yes if the men are not equipped with more confident weapons I'm sure I could defend myself. Or at least very least inflict some "might think twice before attacking" level of damage.

And the woman should have confronted the guy when it was only one of them (preferably with this weapon) and made it clear that she'll put up a fight. Had she done this, she could probably still be alive.

3 vs 1? You obviously have no fighting experience, unless the one is trained it doesn't matter what weapon they have the three can easily out manoeuvre them with a little common sense.

When you have those odds everything is in your favour, the defendant has to be alert and "ready" at all times which is significantly tiring. Disarming is incredibly easy and how to do it is very obvious - all you need is one of you to enter any form of hold and the others can compensate and disarm easily.

Exactly the opposite, I have fighting experience (practiced krav maga for 5 years, where we in fact trained N vs. 1 situations) to know that yes many can ultimately overwhelm (me or anyone else) but also that I will get my licks in too.

The point is not that it will absolutely save your ass, but the point is improve your chances a lot from it ever happening by simply making sure that the opponents will have to pay a price.