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Is commenting on her social media (Pinterest) ok?
Meaning - did she carry? If so, did she always, or did she start carrying recently? Was she carrying when she was abducted?Awesome, thanks sillybilly. SP has an entire Pinterest board called "tough mama" where she's pinned handguns and ways for women to carry concealed weapons. Just thought it was interesting.... http://pin.it/d08HQDD
That's just not logical. Yes, some women abduct people who aren't related to them. It is extremely, incredibly rare. In the vast majority of cases, the abductor is a male. Period. that number is even greater in the US. And even greater again when the victim is not a foreign national, or a child or a prostitute or marginalized person.
I will always be on high alert when approached by a male. I will not be on high alert when approached by a female, unless there are signs something is clearly off. Because I employ logic when protecting myself and my family and because I refuse to live a life of incredible fear and trepidation when the risk is not present.
Meaning - did she carry? If so, did she always, or did she start carrying recently? Was she carrying when she was abducted?
We don't know anything about whether she carried or not or why. LE and family has not said. <modsnip>And there's a pin called "pre-assault body language indicators". Was she just being cautious, or did she have reason to seek out those signs?
It helps to keep things in perspective. In 2015, there were 5 million violent victimizations in the U.S. That's just one year. If there were a handful of self-inflicted injuries, perhaps the kind that make headlines because they're so rare, then there's maybe a 1 in a million chance that someone who reports an assault did in fact fake it with self-inflicted injuries.Heck yeah. There are even people that murder someone and actually shoot themselves as part of the cover story.
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It helps to keep things in perspective. In 2015, there were 5 million violent victimizations in the U.S. That's just one year. If there were a handful of self-inflicted injuries, perhaps the kind that make headlines because they're so rare, then there's maybe a 1 in a million chance that someone who reports an assault did in fact fake it with self-inflicted injuries.
http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/cv15_sum.pdf
What's with all the Blackberry Messenger references?
We were raised to be polite. That is what perpetrators count on, before we realize it we are victims.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gift_of_Fear
Read the PINS section!
Actually I recommend that everyone should read this book.
I checked it out at my local library, then bought it for my daughter.
5 million divided by 5 (give or take).I'm not quite sure how you're arriving at the math.