Well, I finished a refresher training in O.C. spray today, which if you've never been hit with some 10% O.C. it serves as a valuable reminder of your humanity, it's like a can of @$$ whoopin' that'll bring down the toughest tough guys.
So it got me to thinking, you know, once the snot stopped and I could see again 20 or so minutes later....I remember thinking that O.C. would be good for any type of self defense situation where you simply cannot carry a firearm or a firearm will not do. I know some people don't think that O.C. is very reliable, but baby, I'm sitting here telling you that if it doesn't work it's likely little else would either, I'd trust it. A little can of pepper foam can be real handy and out of 76 people, a lot of them real tough guys, guess how many were immune to the effects? If you guessed 0, you'd be right. The quickest recovery I saw was about 10 minutes....which is long enough to get as far away as you need to from your attacker, and the best part is, nobody, not even the attacker will have any lasting damage....sometimes I think we focus on the gun to much when other alternatives can be so much more appropriate.
So it got me to thinking, you know, once the snot stopped and I could see again 20 or so minutes later....I remember thinking that O.C. would be good for any type of self defense situation where you simply cannot carry a firearm or a firearm will not do. I know some people don't think that O.C. is very reliable, but baby, I'm sitting here telling you that if it doesn't work it's likely little else would either, I'd trust it. A little can of pepper foam can be real handy and out of 76 people, a lot of them real tough guys, guess how many were immune to the effects? If you guessed 0, you'd be right. The quickest recovery I saw was about 10 minutes....which is long enough to get as far away as you need to from your attacker, and the best part is, nobody, not even the attacker will have any lasting damage....sometimes I think we focus on the gun to much when other alternatives can be so much more appropriate.