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Whistles, not guns to protect women?

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    Self-defense expert Jennifer Lownik gives safety tips

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Senator -- Salazar Colorado backing down now from comments he made earlier this week -- women under attack don't need guns he thinks they're likely to make a mistake.

But it was his alternative that made women across the country even angrier listen -- this.

When we have call boxes.

That's why we have safe zones.

That's why we have the whistles.

Because you just don't know we -- going to be shooting night.

And you don't know all -- You feel like you're gonna be raped or do you feel like someone's been following you around or if you feel like you're in trouble and when you may actually not be.

But you talk about that -- -- -- -- Well a -- that somebody.

-- with Solana called lacks good enough with us now Jennifer -- -- executive vice president of I'm safe and certified self defense instructor Jennifer welcome.

L -- L -- love when.

Men who.

Maybe don't understand the threat of being attacked as much as women do think that they have advice for women and about these types of things you bring up.

Fascinating point that if these safe boxes and whistles were enough we wouldn't have any rapes and assaults on college campuses and elsewhere well exactly and we're -- we're really looking at a situation where a 100% of college campuses -- have assaults.

We're looking at statistics like twenty every 21 hours there's a -- on a college campus so.

Obviously if he's called boxes and things like whistles and and those sorts of those working we -- -- that.

Continuing so you teach -- Miree -- of things to women who come.

To you.

Number one is education and having a plane why write it -- it can safely say you know it really isn't to ballots.

You know one size fits all personal safety is a personal choice and really having a plan so.

First and foremost know what your options are educate yourself know what you can do in that kind of the situation.

And what's -- applies to that specific situation.

Have a plan if you if you have a plan in advance as much better than trying to think of it on the fly -- -- number two point -- tools you know like.

Maybe a whistle or even a panting but sometimes that's not enough exactly and and tools can be very effective if -- trained to use them properly.

It's again it's all coming back to having that plan and knowing knowing what you need to do but sometimes that is -- announcing he also recommend a physical or deadly force to escape the worst case scenario.

And and sometimes it's frightening for people to hear how but when you realize that in every state in the United States that a woman has a right to defend themselves you that using physical force or deadly -- If they are being attacked their assault and that's a right that every woman has so that's something that they need to be aware as somebody who teaches women to be safe.

What was your personal reaction in -- back.

I think it's a little outrageous and very unfortunate -- I think you know personal safety wherever you fall in the manner.

Where whatever side you land on.

It is a personal choice and you're talking about a life threatening situation in many cases.

To me that's not the time to take away a tool at some of these comfortable using that -- to to defend themselves.

That's causing a lot of discussion in concert early and -- you're in the industry you know all about it Jennifer limit executive vice president of I am saying thank you thank you.

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