mac davis wrote:
I think that cell phones may be a deterrent, if the scumbag sees the
phone before trying the bad deed..

Doesn't work that way, makes them a target....

if they're using it?
I guess I don't have a criminal mind.. lol

I think the last person that i'd mess with is someone who could dial
911 in a hurry..

They (the potential target) can be distracted using a phone, worse the
response to the call can take far too long, assuming the caller gets
through, during the initial phase of an attack total awareness of what,
where, who can make the most difference, phone calls come later.
Added to that a mobile phone is a saleable commodity, that makes it and
the owner a target.

Living in a country where having the means of self defence is an offence
and carrying a phone was first promoted as a safety item, only to have
the advice changed to keeping anything of value concealed (i.e.phone.
Because it increases the likelyhood of robbery, with
violence/abduction/killing for resisting/elimination of a witness as a
potential outcome. I would promote carrying one out of sight, but not to
rely on it!

Another thing that came up was about dogs, one very successful rapist
targeted dog walkers, not small dogs mind, GSDs and the like, few
socialised dogs will change into "attack" dogs....

Niel, in the disarmed UK.