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Equalizer: That was YOU chasing me, you SOB?!? Mind yer own damn business, dude! I needed a new pair of Allen Edmonds, but I was a little short...

Personally, I tip my hat to you.

But honestly, I think you'd be very lucky to catch any breaks if something went wrong while you took unusual initiative to go after a criminal. So do it at your own risk. I would probably take a small risk to catch a bad guy, but not too much. If you had an accident while chasing a bad guy, it wouldn't shock me if you were prosecuted for reckless endangerment or the like. As with any other public policy issue, there are groups on both sides. Against you would be ranged the people who consider criminals victims of society (where society = you), and even some elements of law enforcement who would rather monopolize their physical role in limiting crime.

But hey, it's fun to fantasize about becoming spider-man or superman, or otherwise play a good-vigilante role on behalf of the true victims of criminal thugs. I do it myself, and I only admire others who actually act on it.

Amateur. You just need a camera or picture phone, or a webcam mounted in your car :)

Not so funny part. There does appear to seemlingly be a rise in crime. Perhaps there's not enough data yet, but a good portion of folks in CV have been asian women. Perhaps the perception is they are easy targets for crime. Time to start packing my wife with a glock. Somehow those pepper spray/mace don't seem to be too effective.

I'm not taking my family's security lightly after the couple of home invasion robberies in CV. I've got the place rigged with webcams/spy cams, and made friends with a a few nosy neighbors (me being nosy myself).

They key to not being a target in this economy is to be low key. No fancy smancy big name brand items or ostentatious cars. Or if you are in an ostentatious car, make sure you aren't followed home. (Lose them by weaving in and out of traffic :)..just kidding) 10 bucks says the asian lady was carrying some designer purse or such.

flu,

Get the wife a mini stun gun. They are cheap, tiny and easy to use.

I wish it would have been me. I drive a "Carrera S" and welcome the opportunity to chase a criminal. I would have caught them and sent them to the E.R.

I have several stun guns from a couple of years ago ...and I would have said that if it weren't for the fact that they are illegal to carry. Also, stun guns, more then often get turned on the owner, because it's virtually impossible to get that close to a suspect to stun them without risking it getting wrestled out of your hand.

I'll help you cover the Domaine Leflaive Chevalier Montrachet.

Wow! How exciting. A little adrenaline rush. Too bad you couldn't get the plate :(

Get the wife a mini stun gun. They are cheap, tiny and easy to use.

Wouldn't she be carrying it in her purse?
Josh

They are perfectly legal to carry and some stun guns have a wrist strap w/ a disable pin.

http://tinyurl.com/cfdzut

Best to learn hand-to-hand combat. Spend some time on the heavy bag. It takes time to get out your taster/laser/spray/gun/knife. It takes no time at all to administer the five point palm exploding heart technique.

Hmm, that's news to me. There was point when these were considered carrying concealed weapons in public places i thought, which I think made it illegal to carry without a permit.....

Anyway, unfortunately, my stun guns don't have a safety pin.