The secret of protecting yourself from violent assaults…

[mmckee1952]

If you don’t carry a gun or don’t carry one often, this could be the most important message you’ve ever read.

Here’s why…

If you’re like me, the ability to protect yourself and your loved ones is a top priority.

Personally, I believe the best ways to do this are with a knife or gun… But it’s not always possible – or legal – to carry them on you.

But what if there was a personal protection tool you could legally carry anywhere and everywhere you go?

One you could carry on an airplane… A college campus… Or any number of highly secure buildings.

What if it was so simple to master that anyone from a 13-year-old child to a 90-year-old grandmother could use it to defend themselves?

Well… there is such a tool, and I personally carry it on me every single day… as do my family members… closest friends… and training students…

In short, I’m talking about a tactical pen.

If you don’t know what a tactical pen is, it’s a specially engineered pen, made of solid metal that makes a remarkable self-defense tool.

Also, the one I use writes like a standard ink pen and has a refillable cartridge so you can use the pen for life, without having to get a new one. (It simply takes a Fisher pen refill, which you can buy at Office Depot or any office supply store.)

My name, by the way, is Jason R. Hanson.

I’m a former CIA Officer and author of The Covert Guide to Concealed Carry: Confessions of a Former CIA Officer.

I’m also a contributing writer to Concealed Carry Magazine, Personal and Home Defense Magazine, and Combat Handguns Magazine, to name a few.

In fact, not too long ago, I was asked to write an article for Combat Handguns magazine where I wrote about my tactical pen.

Article by: Jason Hanson
Virginia Concealed Carry Permit | Concealed Carry Academy

 

[DRNurse1]

OP is correct as far as he goes. The awareness of the potential need to defend oneself and one's family as well as the ability to recognize the defensive use of the things around you, IMHO, will supersede any single tool one has at one's disposal. But it is useful to have a consistent and dependable tool with you at all times and the tactical pen is such a tool.

 

[Treo]

Does a "tactical" pen look that much different that you can tell what it is?

 

[Popeye2347]

I've heard of the odd instance where people are not allowed them on-board air-planes.

Also I found that Amazon placed a restriction on sending them to me in New Zealand when I tried to order one in the past.

Have you heard of any times that they've been confiscated from passengers?

Have you found a tactical pen that you consider to be better than others?

Cheers
Gregg

A little harder to conceal but allowed inside court, aircraft and almost everywhere, is a stockmans [wooden] cane. Might not match wingtip shoes however. I suppose that is one reason 'gentlemen' used to carry a walking cane.

 

[Austin]

If a tac pen is too much you can always get a solid metal pen from walmart. Or do what I do and carry a cold steel sharkie.

 

[dcselby1]

If you don’t carry a gun or don’t carry one often, this could be the most important message you’ve ever read.

Here’s why…

If you’re like me, the ability to protect yourself and your loved ones is a top priority.

Personally, I believe the best ways to do this are with a knife or gun… But it’s not always possible – or legal – to carry them on you.

But what if there was a personal protection tool you could legally carry anywhere and everywhere you go?

One you could carry on an airplane… A college campus… Or any number of highly secure buildings.

What if it was so simple to master that anyone from a 13-year-old child to a 90-year-old grandmother could use it to defend themselves?

Well… there is such a tool, and I personally carry it on me every single day… as do my family members… closest friends… and training students…

In short, I’m talking about a tactical pen.

If you don’t know what a tactical pen is, it’s a specially engineered pen, made of solid metal that makes a remarkable self-defense tool.

Also, the one I use writes like a standard ink pen and has a refillable cartridge so you can use the pen for life, without having to get a new one. (It simply takes a Fisher pen refill, which you can buy at Office Depot or any office supply store.)

My name, by the way, is Jason R. Hanson.

I’m a former CIA Officer and author of The Covert Guide to Concealed Carry: Confessions of a Former CIA Officer.

I’m also a contributing writer to Concealed Carry Magazine, Personal and Home Defense Magazine, and Combat Handguns Magazine, to name a few.

In fact, not too long ago, I was asked to write an article for Combat Handguns magazine where I wrote about my tactical pen.

Well, you can carry them on an aircraft for the length of time it takes someone from TSA to read this article. lol.

 

[Kalamity023]

Does a "tactical" pen look that much different that you can tell what it is?

Some do, some don't, they usually look like a small baton with angled tip to a point at the end. They are most definitely a last ditch, up close and personal, defensive tool.

 

[mmckee1952]

Link RemovedLink Removed Here's a couple of Tactical Pens I found. Just Google tactical Pens & you'll find a great deal of places you can get one.

 

[Treo]

BTW posting another author's work with out crediting the author is called Plagairism. If the original author was paid for his work it's a copyright violation

Just sayin

 

[tcox4freedom]

Pretty soon someone from the TSA will discover that humans can just use their own bodies for lethal force and they are going to have to ban people from boarding aircraft altogether...

This is one thing I've never understood. If you know what you're doing most anything can be an improvised weapon. (Credit cards, belts, shoelaces, neck ties, pens, pencils and parts of your body all can be used as very effective weapons.).

I may be able to see why guns shouldn't be allowed on commercial flights. But, pocket knives, nail clippers & other items just don't make sense.

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[Captain K-man]

What really pisses me off is that I have to remember to put my Leatherman (a tool I use every day for numerous jobs) and the small Swiss Army pocket knife on my keyring (which has a little LED torch and a handy pen in it), into checked luggage. Otherwise I will get $400 worth of tools confiscated at boarding time......

Wow are things expensive down under. Here in the states you could get a Leatherman and a nice Swiss Army knife for well less than $100. For $150 -$200 you could get top of the line Swiss Army knife & Leatherman.

 

[Treo]

Right after 9-11 my National Guard unit was activated for airport guard duty. One day one of the airport screeners (I don't think they were TSA back then) tried to get pissy with me because I had a Gerber Multi Tool on my belt. He didn't say a word about the fully loaded M-16A2 I was carrying but he was damned if I was going through his station with that Multi Tool (his supervisor squared him away)

 

[mmckee1952]

BTW posting another author's work with out crediting the author is called Plagairism. If the original author was paid for his work it's a copyright violation

Just sayin

Understand your concern, Its fixed.

 

[Anubis]

Does a "tactical" pen look that much different that you can tell what it is?

"Tactical" usually means "painted black". :smile:

 

[davidchin]

I’m talking about a tactical pen.Virginia Concealed Carry Permit | Concealed Carry Academy

Actually, any decent solid pen could probably work. Even some plastic ones with caps are sometimes pretty sturdy. Much has to do with how you hold it and how you use it.:redface:

 

[tricolordad]

I've always laughed at those tacticool pens. I think they're stupid. Kubotons are the same thing, but cost less and you don't need to be taking it apart to write with.

The best way to deal with close quarter threats is to learn a martial art. For around $85 a month, you can learn Shorinryu Karate like me, or you could fork over that much for a cool pen and hope it gets out of your pocket fast...

 

[Anubis]

Actually, any decent solid pen could probably work. Even some plastic ones with caps are sometimes pretty sturdy.

Of course. Even a tightly-rolled magazine or newspaper would serve the same function.