[Jeff Higgins]

Bull***** on the pepper spray. Buy a gun. Every time some one kills a scumbag mugger, some one else does not have to deal with them. Our catch and release justice system does no good, and simply pepper spraying these folks only temporarily solves the problem. It certainly will not make them give up their life of crime, and the next poor schmuck may have more to deal with than you did.

And a throw-away wallet?? Are you kidding?? Reminds me of when the advice for backpackers was to drop your pack and sneak off when confronted by a bear. All it did was teach the bears how easy it was to get a free backpack full of goodies. As with the bears, this strategy also leaves them out there to attack some one else.

It has always distressed me to read the pacifist/liberal advice on how to deal with a mugging. Give in and give them anything they demand; don't fight back. If you do choose to fight back, by all means don't hurt the poor dissadvantaged, missunderstood individual that is threatening you. Bull*****. It may or may not (and often does not) save your ass at the moment, but it leaves some one else to deal with the problem. Honest citizens have a responsibility to fight back. Not with pepper spray, mace, a whistle, or whatever. With a gun. Yes, you are going to hurt him. Hopefully kill him.