GUEST is quite correct in pointing out that the police cannot protect you (most of the time) nor can laws protect you. What can best protect you is a certain measure of common sense. I leave it to each one of you how you go about using it...that's your decision, not mine.

However, the only certain way to achieve absolute safety from attack is to do a pre-emptive strike and kill all the other people on the planet. Get them before they have a chance to get you! For further details on this, consult the ancient Welsh self-defence technique of Lapp-Goch, which used to be advertised in some satirical magazine way back when... :-)

Ooooo...it's lonely at the top!

- LH