| You can protect yourself from muggers and | | | | There are many self defense products that are |
| other attackers by using personal safety products | | | | wise to have. Carrying a whistle or personal alarm |
| such as pepper spray. It is hard to feel safe in | | | | can bring attention to your situation but will not |
| today's world full of crime. It is important to take | | | | necessarily cause an attacker to run. A stun gun |
| steps to defend yourself from potentially | | | | or taser is an excellent defense in most cases but |
| dangerous individuals. There are many options out | | | | have been known to be ineffective against people |
| there to help you do that but none quite as | | | | on drugs such as PCP. Pepper spray is a non lethal |
| effective as pepper spray. | | | | way to protect yourself and allows you to stop |
| Pepper spray or Oleoresin Capsicum also referred | | | | your attacker and to give yourself the |
| to as OC gas or capsicum spray will cause a | | | | opportunity to get to safety. |
| person to experience burning sensations on the | | | | It comes in many different shaped canisters so |
| skin and in the eyes. It is a lachrymatory agent | | | | that every individual can find the one that best |
| that causes the eyes to slam shut involuntarily, to | | | | suits their lifestyle. There are keychain pepper |
| tear up and to burn. It will cause pain and | | | | spray canisters, containers that look like lip stick |
| temporary blindness. This will allow an individual | | | | tubes, are rings or have cases that attach to a |
| time and opportunity to get away from the | | | | belt or strap. There are canisters that easily fit in |
| potential attacker and get to safety. Some | | | | a back pack or hand bag. It is important for you |
| pepper spray compounds also have dyes which | | | | to be able to reach it in an emergency without |
| will stain the attackers skin allowing them to be | | | | having to search or fumble around. |
| easily identified even if they should manage to | | | | It doesn't do you any good to have personal |
| flee the scene. | | | | safety products on you if you cannot find them |
| It is more effective than other methods of | | | | when you are faced with an emergency and need |
| personal protection because it can stop an | | | | to use it. It is also important that you know how |
| attacker even if they are immune to pain. Some | | | | to use it, and are comfortable doing so. When you |
| drugs or alcohol consumption can allow people to | | | | buy a new personal safety spray you should |
| be numb to pain, enabling them to continue the | | | | always practice grabbing it, aiming it, and spraying |
| attack even after being hit with a stun gun or | | | | it. Some canisters have a button release that |
| physically injured. Pepper spray will cause an | | | | must be pressed in order for the spray to come |
| involuntary closing of the eyes and temporary | | | | out. |
| blindness that will stop them whether they feel | | | | Practicing how to use it will make sure that you |
| pain or not. So it is effective on any attacker and | | | | are completely ready to defend yourself should |
| gives you a much better chance of getting away | | | | you ever need to use the pepper spray against a |
| uninjured. | | | | potential mugger or attacker. |