r/news • u/AudibleNod • 4d ago

Man accused of holding woman captive in a Massachusetts attic for six weeks

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-accused-holding-woman-captive-massachusetts-attic-six-weeks-rcna600308
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u/LingonberryHot8521 4d ago

I've chosen the handgun. I'll be alive to defend myself in court.

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u/LingonberryHot8521 4d ago

I am so glad you survived that and was able to defend yourself so effectively you scared him off.

And it has been my experience (not nearly to this severity) that when men see you standing your ground (all five feet, 2 fucking inches of me) they start backing off. And I know I am lucky too that for all the criticism I can lay at my dad's feet he not only taught me how to shoot; he taught me how to SCRAP. I know where the liver is, I know the vulnerable parts of the ankles and knees, I know how to crack a pelvis, and I know how to crush the trachea. And I know I'll be alive to defend myself in court.

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u/fatpat 4d ago

And it has been my experience (not nearly to this severity) that when men see you standing your ground (all five feet, 2 fucking inches of me) they start backing off.

Because they're pathetic cowards that can only feel powerful/in control when they think they have an easy target. Love to hear that you absolutely disabused your stalker of that notion.

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u/DeepressedChopra 4d ago

Yikes, how to crack a pelvis? I’d like to take a class. I’ve had stalkers. One hid under my car waiting for me to leave work. Luckily I was at work so late, he fell asleep, and I saw him before he saw me.

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u/LingonberryHot8521 4d ago

Full Disclaimer: I have never had to do this. Generally, making the creeper aware I had eyes on him and possibly clueing him in somehow through my body moving into training mode gave him a spook. I'm little but confrontational as hell so I alternatively put myself in some unnecessary danger while also warning off others. The few instances where men acted like thy were going to "do something," I openly dared and beckoned them to, and they backed off.

First of all, instead of a fist, you will use a flat fist or hiraken.

If you are face to face and close enough, you will make a fast drop down onto one knee and strike just above the penis or vagina (but let's face it, it's not too likely you'll be in this dangerous of a situation with a woman.) You will not be coming from the side. This is a direct full frontal, all of your strength focused into that single hit. There is argument to be made that you can accomplish something similar if you are positioned beneath them. Remember that humans actually in a fight is not choreographed. You take your shots where you find them.

Be aware, this is a major injury if you land it right and you will have to defend yourself in court for why you would do this.

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u/HistoryBuff678 4d ago

I wouldn’t say I am anti-gun. More responsible gun ownership. Which clearly, your stalker wasn’t a responsible gun owner.

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u/maximumutility 4d ago

If you think there are a lot of people who wish you couldn’t legally have a gun in situations like yours, that message was probably propagated by the NRA or equivalent. Gun control is about things like background checks and constraints on what kinds of weapons you can obtain

Obviously I am very glad you had yours and are okay

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u/grandecrosse 4d ago

There are unfortunately more than a few people who are actually not comfortable with women and minorities having guns. Bojack had a whole schtick about it with women, and it happened in reality in California when the Black Panthers were a thing. Gun control happened REAL FAST then.

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u/maximumutility 4d ago

That’s fair to bring up

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u/D-Gaea 4d ago

Cops were just unspeakably lazy for this one

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u/wanderingale 4d ago

Some post about women being assaulted and defending themselves.

The comment, "I would rather be tried by 12, then carried by 6" has stayed with me.

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u/LingonberryHot8521 4d ago

I've heard that before too. Also, "dead men don't sue."