Re: Riding a bike a protection and in general

On 6/15/2025 4:25 PM, Mark J cleary wrote:

So we go ride out bikes out in the middle of nowhere. I am not a FOID carry I have not guns but my brother suggest the Bryna? I myself probably would not be taking it on a bike but who knows.
 My thought is I live alone and I sleep downstairs on the couch. I sometimes keep the patio door open to let in all the cool night air. I got thinking someone could just drop in although I leave the outside lights one.
 But if I had a Bryna I could just take aim and it is about 15 feet away to disable someone.

It sounds like you fear a home invasion. How many have there been in your area in, say, the past five years? What sort of neighborhood do you live in? Are your fears actually realistic?
Where is this patio door? An open patio door will usually be apparent only to someone prowling around a person's back yard, so unless you know that lots of people walk around your back yard at night, invasion by that route seems unlikely. And there should be ways of allowing the door to be open enough for ventilation, but not enough to let someone burst in.
 From the website: "A PROVEN SELF-DEFENSE OPTION FOR A DANGEROUS WORLD"
Yep, inciting paranoia for profit! And anecdotes about customers who don't dare go out into the world without this toy.
I don't think the world is scarily dangerous. I've never, ever needed such a thing, none of my friends or extended family have ever needed it, and I doubt you will ever need it.
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- Frank Krygowski