Self Defense and Security Blog

Well thank God the holidays including MLK will be over after Monday. Guess that means I can get busy and do something other than eating, going to parties, eating, going to relatives, eating, going to casinos and eating and drinking along with a little poker. Ole Poppajohn actually came in second in a poker tournament at Harrah’s Rincon here in the People’s Republic of Arnold’s California. We were also at Pechanga (my pocket Aces lost to two pair) in California plus Reno (just plain card poor) and Vegas. Conveniently for me the ATMs in those places are all located inside, prominent and usually with an armed guard close by so there was no need to worry so much about someone attempting to relieve me of my cash. All ATMs however are not so well placed and if you must use one after hours it should be cause for concern. Poppajohn will attempt to help out with that worry with the following treatise on ATM Security. I will follow up with a real neat new special.

ATM SECURITY
ATM cash machines have been incorporated in our way of life. They offer a real convenience to those on the run but at the same time offer an element of risk. Using an ATM machine safely requires awareness and a little planning. Just because an ATM machine is open and available 24-hours a day doesn’t mean it is safe to use it. Most ATM robberies occur at night between 8:00 PM and midnight. ATM robbers are usually males under 25 years of age and most work alone. ATM robbers usually position themselves nearby waiting for a victim to approach and withdraw cash. Most ATM robbery victims are women and were alone when robbed. Most claim that they never saw the robber coming. Most ATM robbers used a gun or claimed to have a concealed weapon when confronting the victim and demanding their cash.
If you or your family members use ATM cash machines on a regular basis, here are some tips that can make the process a little safer:
• Use only ATM machines in well-lighted, high-traffic areas. Don’t use ATM machines
that are remote or hidden such as being located behind buildings, behind pillars, walls,
or away from public view. Beware of obvious hiding places like shrubbery or
overgrown trees. ATM robbers like to have the element of surprise and no witnesses.
Robbers like good escape routes like nearby freeway on-ramps or high speed
thoroughfares.
• Choose an ATM that looks and ‘feels’ safer, even if it is a couple of miles out of the
way. Try and limit your use to daylight hours. Take someone with you after hours, if
you can. When you drive up to an ATM location, scan the area for any suspicious
persons. If you see anyone suspicious standing nearby or sitting in a car, drive away.
When you approach an ATM on foot be prepared and have your access card ready.
Memorize your personal PIN number (never write it down) to prevent loss and speed the transaction. After inserting your card and your PIN number keep an eye out behind you. Never accept an offer to help or request for help from a suspicious male ahead of you at the machine. If anyone suspicious or seemingly dangerous approaches terminate your transaction and leave immediately, even if it means running away and leaving your ATM card in the machine. First, tell the suspicious male in a loud, firm voice to “back-off” and leave you alone. This is designed to startle the person and give you time to flee, if appropriate. When you receive cash from the machine put it away immediately, extract your card, and walk away.
• If you use your car at a drive-thru ATM machine the same rules apply plus the following. Keep the car in gear, with your foot firmly on the brake, while using the ATM machine. Keep a close eye on your rear and side view mirrors during the transaction. Robbers almost always approach from the rear on the drivers side. If you see anyone approaching, drive off even if it means leaving your ATM card behind. If you are confronted by an armed robber, just give up your money without argument. The cash is not worth serious injury or death. Get to a safe place and call the police immediately.
• If lights around the ATM are not working, don’t use that machine
• Avoid ATM machines adjacent to obvious hiding places
• Have your card ready and leave quickly, not counting your cash in public
• Beware of offers for help from strangers during an ATM transaction
• Don’t fight with or attempt to follow the robber
• Drive or walk to a safe place and immediately call the police

Okay, end of sermon. Now let’s eat, oh no let’s get to the special!!
Poppajohn was offered an outrageous price on a quality telescoping stun baton from the manufacturer Street Wise because of some slight damage that occurred during shipping let’s check em out
Our loss is your gain! On our last shipment we had some expandable batons damaged in shipping. The collars are cracked, but the stun guns have been tested and work fine. These batons are sold AS-IS with no warranty but we are selling them at over 70% off our normal price.

For those who want to defend themselves from a safe distance away and do not want to carry along bulky stun baton, the Streetwise 700k Expandable Stun Baton is the perfect answer. It extends from 12 1/2 inches to 21 in. with the touch of a button to allow you to defend yourself while keeping a safe distance away from your attacker. In addition to the powerful 700,000 volt stun gun it also features an ear piercing 130 decibel alarm. The two levels of protection allows you to defend yourself by sounding the powerful alarm or stunning the attacker with 700,000 volts! As a bright electric current pulsates up and down the top 12 inches, it creates an intimidating electrical sound that can often stop a would-be attacker in his tracks. If the sight and sound of the electric current and the personal alarm are not enough to stop him a jolt of 700,000 volts certainly will! Unit Requires four (4) CR123A three volt lithium batteries (not included).

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Hi, Folks;
Looks to me like Sarah did just fine against the big bad Biden wolf even though he did insult her a few times and use false information more than once. While the whole thing was moderated by someone who has written a book about the Obama’s very favorable to one side (democrat), due to be released on inauguration day and the entire journalistic world called that fair.
Now the big bad bailout is going ahead full speed since the House caved and we are going to own a lot of repossessed real estate, oh joy. Poppajohn is hoping for the best and once again fearing the worst. Time to get tooled up.
Which leads me around to something I wanted to talk about on Monday but let go till now. You may recall Poppajohn and his wife just returned from a trip to Reno and Vegas. Well part of that was of course driving between the two which as any map will tell you is right through that part of the Nevada desert the US Military calls home in more ways than one. There are a load of Government installations in the area including the one called Area 51. I wouldn’t think too awfully much about the encounter the wife and I had since it didn’t involve aliens except that there was one thing about it that I had not seen for oh bout forty years. We were traveling down a two lane highway when we met a military convoy coming from the other direction, not a very big one just four Humvees and a small truck. Now it’s real hard to tell what service Army, AF, or Navy after they get in camo and so are the vehicles, so coulda been any of them including CIA. It’s just that they had BMG 50 calibers on the vehicles and not just mounted but manned locked and loaded. The fifty caliber Browning Machine Gun is THE biggest baddest piece of small arms ordnance that has ever been invented. That is what I had not seen for all these years and never ever within the geographical confines of the US unless it was on, that is inside a military base, it did make an impression on me. They also had M-60 Machine Guns mounted on the secondary turret on the truck, I just have to assume that whatever it was they were transporting they meant to deliver intact. They were pretty much prepared for whatever they might meet and you should be also. The Stun Master™ Telescopic Stun Baton, The Wildfire one pounders and the 26′ telescoping Steel Batons are the biggest baddest pieces of non lethal ordnance that you can buy outside of the taser guns and Poppajohn has them already marked down by ten to fifteen percent. You owe it to yourself and your family to be prepared.
So, be armed, aware and have a plan!
Poppajohn

Well if we are to believe what the media keeps shoveling, the outcome of the election is a foregone conclusive victory for the Democrat Party in all facets. If I must imagine a world in which the Dems are in charge of everything, that is both houses of Congress the Presidency and the news media then I have to foresee a day when you and I will look up from our work and notice that we are the only ones paying taxes and all of our money is going to those who don’t. As more and more of our tax money goes to those who actually do nothing it is natural then that our benevolent government will continue to need more and more money from those of us who do something and will therefore take it from us at a faster and faster rate until ultimately they take it faster than we can make it (which may be the way it is already come to think of it). Lucky thing for me and the only reason I can get up in the morning is I don’t believe what the media is shoveling for one second even though I do prepare for it. Preparing for it consists of readying ourselves for the onslaught of crime precipitated by a world run completely by liberals. As more and more jobs are lost to business failures brought on by higher and higher taxes and more and more restrictions on business. The lost by the wayside folks will need to eat and live and therefore end up on the public dole. Those who would prey on the working folks are still going to be preying on the rest of us and as their ranks swell due to hard times they will be preying on more and more of us who still try to play by the rules we grew up with, resulting in more and more crime against individuals. Along with this will come greater and greater pressure against the second amendment, those who would disarm the population are just straining at the leash in anticipation of getting their messiah in the white house. This will of course extend to non lethal self defense items as it has already started to. I tell you it’s bloody terrifying to contemplate which says we have no choice but to prepare for it.

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Even though I am certain that my girl Sarah will whup the bejeesus out of ole Joe tonight I know the media will report it was at least a tie which translates to a victory for Biden because he was expected to lose the debates and since it was actually a tie that means it’s a victory for Biden and Obama, precisely the way they did after 71 year old John stomped the hell out of the Obamessiah the other night. I tell you if you listen to them it will make you suicidal which could be their objective after all. Try not to be suicidal get upbeat and get out and vote and take all your neighbors with you.
Todays’ rant is hereby concluded. I thank you for reading!
Always carry self protection, be aware and have a plan.
Poppajohn

Ya know folks way back when Poppajohn was still a young stud F.O. in the RVN. We had Artillery outfits that were I believe eight inch SP (sorry that’s self propelled) M-110 Howitzer units they fired a 200 pound projectile out to almost 17 kilometers (16,800-meters). Now this is a pretty good deal but they were not content with that range and addressed the need for more range by changing the 8 inch barrels out for 175MM gun barrels when needed. The 175-mm. gun fired a 174-pound projectile almost 33 kilometers. Now this was good distance! The MACE PEPPER SPRAY GUN fills a vacant long
range (up to 25 ‘) niche for non-lethal self protection devices, the C2 tasers and Air Taser M18
have a max range of fifteen feet for their major canawupas and you only get one shot, then what you’re left with is a stun
gun which to use you must close with your assailant.Now don’t misunderstand me a stun gun is a whole bunch better than nothin but it’s not as good as a weapon that you can engage your enemy with at long range. The Mace Pepper Gun Spray is way cool cuz it carries SEVEN SHOTS and it’l fire it’s package akikbut twenty five feet. Now that is morn twice as far as any
conventional pepper spray cuz it uses a much better delivery system utilizing patented Bag-in-a-Can Technology. This new system allows the pepper spray to shoot like an garden hose continuously from any angle, even when The Mace Pepper Spray Gun is upside down. Shoots seven blasts up to 25 feet, that’s 10 feet further than a Taser. Practice with water refills!! Comes complete ready to go!!
De Old Effo wants everyone to have one in their personal mook kits just click on the mace gun picture to order and Poppajohn will even make a “short range” deal with you that is, if you order a Mace-Pepper-Gun before Monday he will knock off 20% just enter peppergundeal in the coupon box when ordering!!

Everbody have a good weekend and remember!!
Always carry personal protection, be aware and have a plan! Poppajohn

Hi, Again Poppajohn here. I am finally getting around to addressing the vacation season for the newsletter subscribers and bloggers. Right now we will just worry about those of us who have a single family home to worry about while they are gone, later we’ll address keeping apartments safe while empty and how to stay relatively safe while on vacation.

Okay we all realize that our homes are most vulnerable when we are away so here’s a few things you can do to keep them safe while you are gone.

1. • Try to make sure your home looks like someone is living in it. Don’t close your curtains cuz closed curtains during the day makes the house look empty. Think about getting automatic time or photo control switches to turn your lights on when it gets dark and off in the daytime.

2. • Have good dead bolts installed on all outside doors, and place locks or alarm locks on all downstairs or easily accessible windows.

3. • Try to make it appear as if the house is occupied, start by cancelling any milk or newspaper deliveries. Cut the lawn before you go and trim back any plants that burglars could hide behind. Get a friend or neighbor to look after your home. They can collect your mail, mow your lawn and so on. This gives the impression that someone is living in your home. If you leave keys with a neighbor, don’t label them with your address.

4. • Don’t leave valuables, like your TV, DVD or Video Game Box, where people can see them through windows. Hey if nothing else cover them with a towel or other cloth.

5. • Mark any valuable items with your zip code and house number using an ‘invisible’ pen that you can get from DIY shops or e-mail me poppajohn@personalsecurity4u.net and I can get one to place on the web site for ordering. If your property is stolen, this will help the police to identify it if it is found, which might not only allow them to return it to you but could also provide them with better evidence to convict the people responsible.

6. • Make sure that you have up-to-date contents insurance.

7. • Do not put your home address on your luggage when you are traveling to your holiday destination. Mooks have actually been known to pay airport workers for this information.

8. • Lock the garage and shed if you have one with proper heavy duty security locks, after putting all your tools safely away so they cannot be used to break into your house. If you need to leave a ladder out, put it on its side and lock it to a secure fixture with a ‘close shackle’ padlock or heavy-duty chain.

9. • Finally, lock all outside doors and windows. If you have a burglar alarm, make sure it is set and that you have told the police who has the key.

10. • And just before you leave, it’s worth spending a couple of minutes checking through the list to be sure that you’ve done all you had to do and taken everything that you need with you.

11. • Also if you have a neighborhood watch for your street be sure the designated one in charge knows you will be gone, and the dates.

Well that oughta help some, if you can accomplish those things or come close it will go a long way towards insuring you house and property are still there waiting for you when you get home.
And while you are traveling:

Always carry personal protection, be aware and have a plan.*

Poppajohn

http://www.personalsecurity4u.net

*since we cannot carry our personal protection items with us when we fly, De Old Effo recommends placing your tools in your checked baggage and recovering them before you leave the baggage claim area.