Saturday, March 24, 2012

Protecting Oneself While Completely Unable To Move

By Cristopher P Mikal


A sports injury in the leg has me walking using crutches for what could be more than a year. It would seem like my disability makes me an easy target of hecklers and troublemakers, and it may only be a matter of time just before I get assaulted.

One good friend who carries pepper spray for self-defense suggested that I sample one of its more recent variants, like gel, but I don't quite know where to start. What is the best pepper spray gel for an individual like me out of the many choices that I am seeing?

A defense spray causes an acute burning sensation on the skin as well as in the eyes, obstructs the air passages, causes persistent coughing and also gagging, and swells the eyes shut. These kinds of effects are non-lethal and temporary, though.

Pepper spray in gel form utilizes a much more potent solution and is operative at longer ranges compared to regular defense sprays in a liquid stream. From what I gather, pepper gel also has far less contaminants and combustible materials.

I have asked around and found that gel pepper spray sticks to the skin similar to glue. An attacker had better not try to rub it off, as it will just pervade the pores more and cause a lot more pain.

A powerful variant that I have found and am pretty decided on trying is the Wildfire 18% pepper gel sticky pepper spray. Its 9 oz. canister outfitted with a pistol grip can send out 38 one-second bursts for a good 20 feet.

While that size appears to be ideal for home and vehicle use, and possibly when camping or outdoors, there are more portable 2 and 4 oz. variants too. Used indoors, these follow a single spraying direction and aren't likely to hit any person by accident.

I suppose that it comes down to what self-defense device you can best work with. What is the best pepper spray gel for you, yourself, given your physical strength and also abilities? I do think that your acquisition should be an informed choice.




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