Self Defense and Security Blog

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.

Poppajohn is just gettin too damn old, he can’t take it anymore.

Saturday in my local paper there was a story about a former soldier P.F.C. Joseph Dwyer

who had volunteered as a medic and participated in the original Iraqui Freedom Campaign and the incredibly successful run up to Baghdad which had been orchestrated by my old classmate T.R. Franks. He had been photographed rescuing an Iraqui child that had been injured by shrapnel and had been treated as the hero that he was although he always deflected that by turning it to the other guys who he said deserved that accolade more. He had a wife and baby daughter he obviously loved very much. Heroism turned to tragedy after the young man returned home suffering from ptsd he could not cope with the images from the combat and imagining the enemy all around him. He simply went downhill until he ended up abusing inhalants until he died alone without his family, no friends, no anything. Terribly tragic and on the front page. We must do something to see to it that our returning heroes do not have something like this happen to them. Not a fitting end for a legitimate hero and such an obviously fine man.

The same day I received an e-mail with the following story about a local hero from Garden Grove, CA.:

This much I knew. PO2 (EOD2) Mike Monsoor, a Navy EOD Technician, was awarded the
Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for jumping on a grenade in Iraq,
giving his life to save his fellow Seals.

This I did not know. During Mike Monsoor’s funeral in San Diego, as his coffin
was being moved from the hearse to the grave site at Ft. Rosecrans National
Cemetery, forty five of his fellow SEALs were lined up on both sides of the
pallbearers route forming a column of two’s, with the coffin moving up the
center. As Mike’s coffin passed, each SEAL, having removed his SEAL gold
Trident Insignia from his uniform, slapped it down embedding the Trident in the wooden coffin.

The slaps were audible from across the cemetery; by the time the coffin
arrived grave side, it looked as though it had a gold inlay from all the
Tridents pinned to it. This was a fitting send-off for a warrior hero.

This should be front-page news also at least as much as PFC Dwyers’ tragic story.
Since the major portion of the mainstream media won’t make this news, I can at
least blog it. I am proud of our military. I am certain that you are also proud of them.
We can all rest assured that the fine men and women of our military will continue to
serve and die with honor. God bless all the PFC Dwyers and PO2 Monsoors. Where do
we get such men?

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

Hi, Folks; De Old Effo is back cuz bears are in the news here in California: A woman walking her two dogs in Caliente CA. (Thats a rural town near the mountains and a recent burn area) was attacked and severely injured by a black bear, the reason we know it was a Black bear is cuz back when folks in California did things fer the benefit of the “Human” race the Grizzlies were eliminated for being too likely to eat someone. Bears are sometimes provoked by dogs who get between a mother and her cubs but it doesn’t seem to be the case here. The woman although injured managed to escape the attack and drive herself to a fire station along with her two dogs I guess. One of the dogs was also injured but not seriously they say. The lady was later airlifted to UCLA Medical Center for further treatment.
Folks, Poppajohn has been saying for years don’t camp in, walk in, eat in, drive through, or even be near possible bear habitat without bear spray or a high caliber firearm at hand, both are best. Bears are unpredictable, they do what they damn well please and fifty years of watching em be cute and cuddly on World of Disney does not change that. The bear authorities here (i.e. Fish and Game) were trying to track the bear so far without success. Why were they tracking the bear (to kill it) we kill them after they attack a human. Kind of like the police whose job it is to respond to crime not prevent it. Now Poppajohn loves the outdoors and would not harm any wildlife unless it was necessary but when it becomes necessary one must have the means at hand. Now bear spray can actually prevent the harming of a bear becoming necessary and that makes it really great stuff to have with you on your camping and hiking trips. De Old Effo has what he believes is the best price you can find on bear spray, decide for your self. All the information is below. If you order two De Old Effo will throw in a Mace Screecher Alarm this thing makes an absolutely ear piercing noise and is a good thing to have for mooks as well as bears remember Ugotta order two (2) and Ugotta tell us in the message section just write Free Mace Screecher or we won’t know to send it to you.

Always carry personal protection, be aware and have a plan!
Poppajohn

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Hey it’s Poppajohn again I’ve had a tough day. Spent the whole morning straightening out screw ups that happened on the weekend that I like to think weren’t my fault. I had an order for a recorder from a fella in Virginia who wanted to know how long it would take to arrive at his home and since I can order it drop shipped from Florida instead of shipping it from here in California I told him it would most likely be there by Wednesday. He was thrilled and so was I to be able to make him that happy. So when I get shipping notification from UPS today after three o’clock on the west coast it says they are shipping it to me instead of to him and I have to re-order for it to arrive in Virginia on Thursday I hope and e-mail him to give him the bad news. Another customer (good guy) in Ireland sends back a Pretender I sent him cuz it jus didn have any power. So it arrives and of course it’s the batteries and now I have to send it back to him in Ireland along with new batteries and that’s all my fault too. Anyway that’s just a couple of the problems, there were lot’s more. So anyhow this gets me thinkin bout ambushes acourse and I doodled out this new copy for the Pretender:

A normal operation for the US Army ground forces in a
guerrilla type encounter is to set up ambushes (pick out
likely trail intersections that the enemy might use and
under cover of darkness place a team to watch the spot
and engage the enemy there if he should show), which is
to say "capture or kill the enemy combatants on the
spot" if possible. You can set up your own ambush
of whatever local creeps might be using the trails where you live
with one of the Pretender Cell Phone Stun Guns on this page. Guaranteed
they will never suspect that the cell phone you, your
wife or daughter is holding is going to zap them into
next week, BUT IT WILL!!

THE PRETENDER 950,000 volt CELL PHONE STUN GUN
appears to be a camera cell phone, it’s not of course,
we know it’s a Claymore Mine (e.g. powerful directional
anti-personnel ordnance) for ambushing mooks. It’s a high
powered 950,000 volt stun gun. It also has a very bright
built-in 12 LED flashlight. To prevent accidental discharge,
two levels of safety are built in. The safety switch must
be in the on position (this will cause an LED warning
light to come on) and the trigger button pressed before
the unit will operate. It operates on three (3) CR2 batteries
which are included FREE ($12.00 value).
FREE holster
also included.
Only 3.8 inches tall

Shipping is FREE

You may wish to try the Immobilizer
cell phone stun gun instead or the Stun
Master cell phone stun gun we also have the FSC80
Cell Phone Stun Gun or the Candy
Apple Red or Blue cell phone stun gun all operate
easily and give you the same stealth advantage. Please
check out
stun gun legality
before ordering. If your’e curious about how stun
guns function this’ll tell ya. Remember, the purpose of this stun gun, and
all other non-lethal self defense products, is to give
you time to escape. Use the cellphone stun gun, then
run for safety. Don’t stand around looking at the slobbering
mook on the ground
Okay that’s the new copy and to celebrate my inspiration I’m offering a deal to the faithful which is TEN Bucks off of Poppajohns’ already low price of $69.95 just use the discount code AMBUSH at checkout for the reduced price plus if you order before Wednesday night at midnight I will throw in a 1/2 ounce Pepper shot with the injection molded holster in black blue or red (your choice) just let me know in the message section when you check out and we will get it to you but if you forget we won’t know to send it to you so be sure to mention free pepper shot (black, blue or red) Pretender
cell phone stun gun
Thanks a Lot!!
Poppajohn
Always carry personal protection, be aware and have a plan.

Hey folks, Poppajohn here It’s just Saturday morning and I’m on a conference call while trying to type one handed. Yeah one of these days I gotta get a head set. Local divorced dads seem to be goin nuts had three lately up and kill their ex wives during a meeting to pick up or bring back their children. It occurs to me that all three ex wives could still be alive if they had been carrying personal protection in almost any form. My own recommendation is the Mace Pepper Gun. It’s new, easy to use and effective, it gives you a great method to keep that angry guy a good twenty feet away. De Old Effo loves em and heres why.

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
that need 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 civilian
tasers max out at fifteen feet 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 at long range with. The Mace Pepper
Gun Spray is way better than 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 spray 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!!

Trigger Activated LED Light Allows for better aim Temporarily disorients intruder Mace Pepper Gun comes with: Pepper Gun dispenser, One 28 gram 10% OC cartridge, One Water test cartridge and Batteries (for the LED light) Available in 4 Colors! 80401 - Blue/Black 80402 - Blue 80403 - Silver 80404 - Pink 80401 - $89.95 80402 - $89.95 80403 - $89.95 80404 - $89.95 H2O Refills Dual Pack $13.95 each OC Refills Dual Pack $21.95 each 10% OC Refill/H2O Refill Dual Pack $15.95 each

Okay so it’s just blatant marketing but it’s good info too, anyone can use this item and I’m serious about the need.
Thanks A Lot, have a great day!
Poppajohn
Always carry self protection, be aware and have a plan!