Excellent advice. Never thought of the flashlight. The rehearsing is the best advice. I don’t rehearse anything and I know that is not good.
I carry this one for work..
It’ll blind ya if you happen to point it at your eyes..
I bought the combo listed on the page through my Mac Tools dealer.. I paid more than amazon prices for it but it is worth every penny.. The beam cuts through anything and rechargeable batteries is a huge plus. Mine charges via 110 volt or 12 volts.
It’s also got good weight to it. I am sure if I hit someone over the head with it hard enough they’ed go down for the count and the light would continue to work.
I accidently left mine in the suspension of a XJ12 I was working on. Set the car down on it. Dented the body of the light but it still works just fine :)
I always have one with me - small, 380 lumens, and has a strobe setting. Blinding in the dark
The flashlight is good advice in most situations. It would not have worked in Aurora. The theater was filled with smoke, so a bright light would not have blinded the perp and would only have pinpointed anyone carrying the light. As anyone who has driven a car through heavy fog can testify, using your brights just throws a wall of reflected light up in front of you, making it even more difficult to see.
I did think of flashlight when I visited Amazing1.com ... they got this flashlight that will burn your retina if you stare at it... Use that on a perp with dilated eyes coming at night for you, and he is a goner enough you can go to him and kick his butt.
I have carried high output flashlights for years for this very purpose as well as it just being a darn good light source. Think Flash and Bash. I use some lights from Gerber insomuch as they use AA batteries which are sometimes more available than the 3V Lithium. Since I reside in Kali I try and carry only what I can explain away.
They don't approach the 200+ Lumen in the article but are usefull none the less as a fist load as well as sight blinder. Surprise is the purpose.