O n the first day of self-defense class, I learn to say “no.” We’re in a Southern California martial-arts studio not far from ...

Hypervigilance and situational awareness are just two of the points instructors offered to women and girls in a self-defense class at the Multi Agency Academic Cooperative on a recent Friday evening. ...

A recent study by Stroebe and Leander discusses why more and more Americans report owning guns for self-protection. Gun ownership in the United States In most industrialized Western countries, it is ...

"We see some of the negative consequences of armed self-protection in the recent spate of shootings of people who mistakenly knocked on the wrong door, entered the wrong driveway or got into the wrong ...

When Mindy Lin founded Damsel in Defense in 2011, she did more than just launch a business—she ignited a movement. With a mission to empower women through education, personal safety products, and ...

Resiliency in Self-defense Education and Universal Protection (RISE UP) is an advocacy program through the CWRU Division of Public Safety led by certified self-defense instructors. It provides sexual ...

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. When 29-year-old Othal Wallace led the Daytona Police Department on a two-day cross-state search after shooting a cop who’d stopped him ...