Prove it!

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I’m no expert but I look at alot of awareness as common sense. Sad thing is in our society these days common sense isnt so common.

You are 100% right on trusting you’re gut. If you’re gut tells you something is not right good chances it’s right. At worst you exited the scene and your gut was wrong, but your still alive.

1 poster mentioned bluffs. In some cases bluffs can work, in others it can get you killed in a situation where you might have been walked by or at worse beaten up and mugged. It’s my beleif tucking your hand under you’re hand under your shirt, going up behind your back or in a jacket like your armed is same as skinning an unloaded gun or showing it off. To me personally, if you either skin a weapon or just show it’s presence you better be prepaired to use it.
I will use 1 of his experiences. You are walking down a street in a large city. Coming towards you is 2 guys that you are thinking could be a threat to you’re safety. In a city chances are people looking to harm others are packing a weapon of some sort, be it a knife or gun. Unarmed you tuck you’re hand under you’re shirt to give the impression you are armed. True this could give impression of armed and prepaired, but can also show the impression you have alot of money or something valuable. You have went from the possibilty of just being punched, kicked and robbed to they think your armed so they need to rush you or get the jump on you after they pass you and use the weapons they most likely have.
Reason I say this is not everyone is afraid of a confrontation with someone that has a weapon, especially if they have a weapon of their own, they out number you and or if they are flying high. They live on the streets and looking at your body language and most importantly you’re eyes. I’m glad you have had luck with you’re bluffs, but a much different result is extreamly possible.

You do have valid points there, but I think what the author was also implying to note everything around you, including granny in a wheelchair. It’s just that it is more likely to expect some behaviors from a certain subset of people. The problem is that having this kind of mindset could potentially leading to hyper-focus which can distract you from a more pressing and unexpected threat.

This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be complacent at all; we could have a very angry raging granny who is ready to roll down the hall with a shotgun pulled out of her basket!

Good article overall. I must agree with other commenters, however, that profiling is an essential aspect of awareness. If you doubt that, ask next police officer that you meet.