You need a Swiss Army knife

If possible I would get a 9mm. They're pretty easy to conceal and it would teach and thug a lesson about stealing.

Damn I'm just glad you're okay.

No, that is such a bad idea oh my god. Anyone who is not trained should never have weapons. It's statistically more likely that the attacker would turn it on the person trying to defend themselves, or they would accidentally hurt themselves. And I'm not trained with weapons, I don't have them, I'm not saying this because I think I'm a badass and only I can have weapons or something.

I was told you should always carry about $10-20 on you just for this reason. They get money so they aren't as angry for wasting time mugging you and you don't really lose that much. No idea if it's true though. Glad you're okay!

Obviously if you buy one for protection you would goto a range and practice. The NRA has free programs for teaching people how to properly handle and care for their firearms.

Hell yes, #71, #73, and #80.

Damn, you were having a bit of a day. Glad to hear it wasn't as bad as it could have been.

#76 so you were told to carry money to give the muggers what they want? At least in OPs case, they didn't get what they had hoped for.

Sounds like the advice always given to women who are being raped: don't fight back, go along with it and seek help immediately after, because if you resist they will be more likely to injure you more severely. Honestly, I think both pieces of advice have their hearts in the right place but are not sound.

@hacksaw guns are already creating more problems than solving them and you think it's a good idea to have more people carry guns? No, that's a horrible idea. I'm all for protecting yourself but there are so many better ways to go about it. Get a Swiss army knife, take a self-defense class, carry pepper spray. A gun should never be the answer for protection for things like this. If you know someone is threatening/after your life, I could see it, especially if you keep in your house or you went through something traumatic and it makes you feel safer but getting a gun for a mugging seems way over dramatic and not the right way to handle the situation.

@rosebudx: Yeah I agree with you. A lot of this advice just tells to roll over and take it. I'd be more depressed afterwards knowing that I could have and should have done something about it. Honestly I'd rather go out fighting. I want my dad to know that even if I lost the battle, the suspect will be scratched up from head to toe, he will be a bruised hot shitty mess and they will find his skin cells under my finger nails. I will give it my all.

time to get out the hood bro

I think you need to read the FML again.

70- you are the one who needs to read it again as well as OPs comment.

Sadly, I am not, although I do feel bad for him

that is... slightly worrying? a couple of times? Damn, shouldn't even be once lol