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In reply to the discussion: No, I'm not going to register my guns. [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)My first concern is my own safety. Being a woman, alone, in an isolated area, sitting at a red light for no good reason except that it's the law, and being aware that women are targeted by criminals, and being aware of the spate of carjackings that have taken place in recent years....I would run the red light, after carefully looking both ways to ensure the way is clear.
When a woman is alone in an isolated area late at night...it's best she STAY alone and not risk being one of two out there, not knowing who the second will be.
I'm not paranoid at all. But I try to be aware of potentially dangerous situations.
Note: I've been followed before in my car, touched and yelled at by strange men, and have had several attempted break-ins/sneak-ins. So I know what some men are prepared to do, when they decide to target a woman alone. I avoid potentially dangerous situations, so I won't have to think about how to get out of a dangerous situation.