Belting it Out: Using Your Belt as an Improvised Self-Defense Weapon

[Talyn]

Using Your Belt for Last-Ditch Self-Defense​

Often, most self-defense weapons are carried for a few days or weeks and then left at home. However, there is one improvised weapon that numerous people, both men and women, travel with every day. Specifically, the belt around their waist.

This usually leather-constructed strap with a hard metal buckle can be a viable self-defense weapon in a pinch. The key is knowing how to exploit its many advantages.

Belting it Out: Using Your Belt as an Improvised Self-Defense Weapon

Carrying a weapon for self-defense is always a wise idea. They are sometimes given as gifts, bought at local gun

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[mikep]

but then my pants will fall down. wait. maybe that's the defense strategy. hmmm.

 

[Talyn]

but then my pants will fall down. wait. maybe that's the defense strategy. hmmm.

But not in San Fran.

 

[mikep]

But not in San Fran.

good thing i have no plans of ever going there.

 

[Hertervillian]

Most people, having been on the receiving end of a belt, will have a primordial sense of foreboding when they hear it clearing belt loops. Much like the chack chack of an 870 Rem, the sound is unmistakable.

 

[3L120]

Back before I joined the Corps in the late 60s, NCOs had a dress belt to their uniform, which was worn outside the blouse. The thick leather belt’s buckle was a heavy plate. Supposedly, they were dropped from inventory because of the damage they caused when used in a fight.