I want to give a brief history as to why I wrote this specific piece on personal safety tips.  My husband I went to a local downtown Sacramento residential neighborhood, around 8 p.m. tonight and the following events transpired after we stopped the car.  My husband exited the passenger side only to be approached by a middle age, medium build male; almost immediately thereafter two other men of the same age and size joined the first.  They grabbed him and started throwing punches, but luckily he was not hurt.  All that said, that is why I decided to give you some advice on this matter.