We always imagine personal defense weapons as a hand held point shoot thingy. If anything was possible what alternatives could you think of?
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The best defense is avoidance. To that end, a personal time-travel / prognostication device that could both predict danger and chronoport you back to before danger was imminent would be the ultimate defense, though suppose not strictly a "weapon".
Put it in front of a group of DND players, or any other table top RPG really.
They'll weaponize it before the session is over.
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Temporary blinding LED flash weapon, stink bombs, vomiting, reciting the Captain Ahab monologue from Moby Dick where he's telling them to split their lungs with blood and thunder and crack their oars and backs.
Captain Ahab monologue
This one's kind of cool. What about a voice modulator that makes it seems like your voice is their own internal monologue and you can disarm them by boring them to death or confusing them.
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A wand. They want to take your wallet? HOW ABOUT SOME CRUCIO YOU MOTERFUCKER!
...that's a handheld shooty thing
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If the fight starts when you're already at a close range melee weapons have a very decent chance of coming out on top over firearms. Maybe not the sock but bats and knives definitely.
Knives have an advantage at close range at causing potentially fatal damage vs a gun, but a gun can still kill you if you don't gain control of the muzzle. With a common pocket knife, your best bet is a fatal throat stab or slash to ending the threat because anywhere else you can't reach or won't act fast enough. Maybe you can disable an arm if you can separate a muscle or sever a tendon in the forearm, but we are getting into experienced knife combat there. Not that knives are relevant, we were talking bats and a sock with coins.
A gun would easy win against someone with a bat or coins in a sock, the gunman only has to get in contact range to reduce swing force or get out of contact range. The bat or sock with coins is a 3-4ft radius of danger, the gun basically has range dependant on skill.
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Body odour
Or that guy from Mystery Men who farts.
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Something that makes me disappear instantly and teleports me to the pub down the street. Cold beer is better than hot fight.
What if it's a bar fight
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Balls that orbit around you (think magneto of x-men)
a finger on the monkeys paw curls
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personal satellite with Hatsune Miku licensed voice assistant for targeting and fire control. A few lasers of different frequency, a railgun, maybe some emergency snack pods with little chutes.
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Something small, hard, and throwable. An infinite stash of pinballs, maybe
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If the fight starts when you're already at a close range melee weapons have a very decent chance of coming out on top over firearms. Maybe not the sock but bats and knives definitely.
The loser of the knife fight dies at the scene the winner dies on the way to the hospital
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Laser eyes.
Now you can just look at something you want to destroy without using your arms.
Telekinesis helmets.
Now you can just think about destroying something you can't even see.
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Self defense is a fantasy of control. If you want to eliminate threats to yourself rationally, eat more vegetables, take care of your mental health, and drive carefully.
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Self defense is a fantasy of control. If you want to eliminate threats to yourself rationally, eat more vegetables, take care of your mental health, and drive carefully.
I was more or less trying not to refer to weapons of mass destruction. Not implying self defense is virtuous.
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a finger on the monkeys paw curls
Im steering clear
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Spontaneous Human Explosion guaranteeing Mutually Assured Self-Defence/Destruction.
Like 2 Kings in a Chess game, you can't be next to each other.
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Self defense is a fantasy of control. If you want to eliminate threats to yourself rationally, eat more vegetables, take care of your mental health, and drive carefully.
Ah yes the infallible recipe to never be physically assaulted
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I've read somewhere and I'm not sure if it's true that there is a device that can be inserted inside the vagina which will essentially bite the rapist's penis and the only way to remove it without destroying the penis is via surgery.
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I've read somewhere and I'm not sure if it's true that there is a device that can be inserted inside the vagina which will essentially bite the rapist's penis and the only way to remove it without destroying the penis is via surgery.
I believe it's called Rapex.
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Personal forcefield with a shape of my choosing, activate either by s simple device or algorithmically based on external factors. Great for safety but also handy as an umbrella.
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If anything were possible, I have always liked AE van Vogt’s fictional weaponry:
In "The Weapon Shops of Isher", the defensive weapons sold by the shops are advanced ray guns with integrated force fields, making them highly effective against government and criminal threats. These weapons ensure citizens can defend themselves against tyranny and oppression while upholding a policy of non-aggression, aiming to foster a more just government over time.
The weapons can somehow be used to defend but not be used in an act of aggression. And the force field protects the bearer.
A fun read if you are into golden age science fiction.
