Fight with what you have
On Saturday, a crazy man with a knife killed six people, and wounded many more, with a knife in the Bondi Junction mall in Australia.
You would be hard pressed to find a bigger advocate for concealed carry than myself.
I also live in the real world where concealed carry is not an option everywhere all the time.
It could be a prohibited place in a concealed carry friendly state like a school, or a visit to a non-concealed carry friendly place.
I was just in Florida at Universal Studios on vacation with my kids. I can’t bring a gun to a theme park.
You need to mentally prepare yourself for what to do if you don’t have a gun.
What items can you use as improvised weapons.
In Australia this guy used a belt barrier post.
My go-to item to look for is a fire extinguisher. It serves as both a ranged weapon and in impact weapon. True, fire extinguisher solution or CO2 isn’t an irritant like OC or CS, but a blast of very cold to the face is disorienting and better than strong language.
You need to be prepared to defend yourself with what you have at hand, not what you wish you had.
Adapt, improvise, overcome, survive.