How would you protect yourself ?

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It's on the news all the time, about woman and young girls being kidnapped, or assaulted , or murdered.
A girl in my city got into a car accident last night, and the other driver drug her to a ditch and assulted her for two hours !
I don't know if maybe I'm just paranoid, or just being prepared. But I always ALWAYS have a knife on me at the least. I have my two guns one at home, and one on me now that I got my concealed carry permit. 
Of course every situation is different and I AM IN NO WAY saying that it's a victims fault. But how would you protect yourself in a situation. The world has always been crazy and dangerous, but I feel like times are just getting worse .