| It goes without saying that you want your loved | | | | used properly and handled with extreme care. |
| ones to be safe and secure this holiday season, | | | | They are not toys, and should not be used by |
| when they're at home and especially when they're | | | | children. |
| away. With the current economy and the | | | | Tactical Batons - A favorite of law enforcement |
| upcoming holiday season, it's more important than | | | | personnel for years because they offer a more |
| ever to take precautions against theft and other | | | | aggressive form of counter-attack, tactical batons |
| forms of attack. | | | | are compact in storage but provide an effective |
| Presented below are personal protection gifts that | | | | deterrent against belligerent behavior. They're |
| give anyone an added security and advantage for | | | | available in several styles and models, including the |
| responding when events take a turn for the | | | | most famous telescoping model. Their stainless |
| worse. Personal protection gifts make great gifts, | | | | steel construction makes them durable enough to |
| affordably priced and easily gift-wrapped. But the | | | | last for years and survive the most challenging |
| peace of mind they'll give you - and them - is a | | | | incident. |
| priceless gift that they'll appreciate for years to | | | | Personal Alarms - Providing a more non-violent |
| come. | | | | response to personal attacks - while also offering |
| Pepper Spray and Capsicum - Personal protection | | | | a powerful deterrent - personal alarms are |
| items are an urban necessity for women and | | | | compact sirens, whistles and klaxons that deliver |
| men alike, especially when moving out and about | | | | an attention-getting noise at a moment's notice. |
| during the busy holiday shopping rushes. Pepper | | | | Personal alarms are allowed in airplanes, schools |
| spray, a powerful deterrent against personal | | | | and government buildings. |
| attack, is available in canisters that affix neatly to | | | | Many alarms are small enough to fit on keychains, |
| key chains and cell phone clips. Pepper spray is | | | | and some include flashlights and carabineer clips |
| even available concealed in a LipStick case. | | | | for additional utility. They are battery powered |
| Pepper spray works by rapidly disbursing a | | | | but highly energy efficient. Many are affordably |
| stream of very concentrated chili pepper into an | | | | priced. |
| adversary's eyes. The result is very painful and | | | | Diversion Safes - The hottest trend in home |
| can take a great effort to soothe, but it's | | | | security, diversion safes are small safe-boxes |
| ultimately not permanently damaging. Pepper | | | | cleverly camouflaged as ordinary household items. |
| spray is sometimes sold under the names OC | | | | Some resemble typically mundane garage items |
| spray, capsicum spray, or OC gas. A very | | | | such as cans of motor oil or engine fluid; some |
| effective protection device to ward off violent | | | | are built to perfectly resemble garden stones. For |
| attack. | | | | the inside of the house, some models take the |
| Stun Guns and Tasers - Stun guns and tasers are | | | | shape of hardcover bound books. |
| modern technology that are available to | | | | Diversion safes offer a unique gift-giving |
| consumers today. Using powerful jolts of | | | | opportunity as well. Rather than gift-wrapping, |
| electricity to disable an opponent, these non-lethal | | | | they can be placed in a house or yard according |
| but completely effective personal protection tools | | | | to their function. The gift giver can then invite the |
| are affordably priced at many online personal | | | | recipient to guess where the gift is. The revelation |
| protection outfitters. Always make sure your | | | | of its actual purpose will provide instantaneous |
| buying from an authorized taser dealer. | | | | surprise and also instruction on its use. |
| Like pepper spray, tasers and stun guns should be | | | | |