Pepper Spray
Otherwise known as OC (Oleoresin Capsicum) spray, it can be an effective nonlethal adjunct to your personal self-defense plan. These ASP Keychain Defenders are easy to carry, very unobtrusive, and really solid. Nobody will know you are carrying pepper spray, unless you have to use it on them.
As far as the funniest pepper spray video I could find, well it's right here. Enjoy:
(LANGUAGE WARNING)
Watch the whole thing or skip to the end....I don't think sticking your head in a bucket of water with a snorkel is really a "defensible position," hehehe.
They do sell the Fox brand pepper spray featured in the video on the website I linked, but the Fox canister isn't as convenient to carry as the ASP keychains. I have purchased from J&L, and I found them to have excellent customer service. I highly recommend them.
The keychains pictured are technically twice as hot as the Fox spray, btw. The keychain has a 10% concentration of 2 million Scoville heat units, while the Fox spray has a 2% concentration of 5.3 million Scoville heat units.
UPDATE: Another funny OC video, with a good ole boy in the backyard learning his lesson.
Finally the legend Johnny Knoxville (of Jackass fame) in a video comparing pepper spray, a stun gun, and a taser. His impression? "The pepper spray is the worst, by far."
As far as the funniest pepper spray video I could find, well it's right here. Enjoy:
(LANGUAGE WARNING)
Watch the whole thing or skip to the end....I don't think sticking your head in a bucket of water with a snorkel is really a "defensible position," hehehe.
They do sell the Fox brand pepper spray featured in the video on the website I linked, but the Fox canister isn't as convenient to carry as the ASP keychains. I have purchased from J&L, and I found them to have excellent customer service. I highly recommend them.
The keychains pictured are technically twice as hot as the Fox spray, btw. The keychain has a 10% concentration of 2 million Scoville heat units, while the Fox spray has a 2% concentration of 5.3 million Scoville heat units.
UPDATE: Another funny OC video, with a good ole boy in the backyard learning his lesson.
Finally the legend Johnny Knoxville (of Jackass fame) in a video comparing pepper spray, a stun gun, and a taser. His impression? "The pepper spray is the worst, by far."
Labels: pepper spray OC spray, self defense, videos
posted by scalpel at 4:18 AM
17 Comments:
*laughing out loud*
What on earth made him think that the snorkel was going to help? :) Too funny...
In my previous life as a cop, when we began carrying pepper spray, we had to be certified in it. Certification included being sprayed from mid-chest to forhead with the stuff.
Each shift was "shot" in the sally port of our department (all recorded for posterity by our friendly neighborhood cable television company to be later shown on our public access channel) and along with tubs of ice and water and plenty of towels, each "station" had a big ole bottle of DAWN dish detergent.
When you can squirt DAWN directly in your eyes and it feel GOOD...you KNOW you've been hit with pepper spray.
I'm glad certification with our S&W 40's did not include being shot with them!
That is so crazy that he did that on purpose! My son is sitting here laughing about the snorkle and the bucket.
Yep yep, pepper spray is a good thing to have... goes well with concealed handguns.
If you're close enough to spray them, you're close enough to shoot them.
Agreed, but then again not every threatening situation is a life-threatening situation.
If you kill an unarmed individual, things are going to get inconvenient and expensive for you. If you pepper spray a potential threat instead, forcing him to at least close his eyes and perhaps writhe about in excruciating pain, you have at least given yourself a tactical advantage that can allow you to escape or escalate your defense as needed.
Plus you can carry OC spray in places and situations where carrying a gun is not allowed.
Interesting video. I thought it was illegal to carry pepper spray? Is it?
I can see where it would be a valuable thing to have.
I like on J&L's website under the decon wipes where it says "In about eight to twelve minutes, SUDECON will work instantly!"
Last time I checked, 8-12 minutes was not instantly.;-)
"I thought it was illegal to carry pepper spray? Is it?"
Those unfortunate enough to live in the "blue states" should check with their local authorities.
"If you're close enough to spray them, you're close enough to shoot them."
Lol. I like your thinking, joints.
I'm with Joints...
I've never carried pepper spray, but having grown up in the deep south, carrying a gun is just a part of life.
If you kill an unarmed individual, things are going to get inconvenient and expensive for you. If you pepper spray a potential threat instead,
I'm five foot two inches, weigh 110 pounds after a big meal lol - It's why I wish we had the money and could afford to live in Florida. Stand your Ground laws are needed these days with the meth heads, gang banger wannabees and other idiots infiltrating every community...
Found your blog through M.D.O.D. Look forward to reading more...
Ha! "Those unfortunate enough to live in the blue states.." I hear you!
BTW - I still vote anyway because...well you never know. :)
Thanks - I will check out.
What's your opinion of the Key Defender's potential as a kubotan? Does it seem tough enough to stand up to an impact and/or being used for leverage against pressure points? I occasionally carry a Super Sharpie when I can't sneak anything else by, and my keychain might or might not have once had a Monadnock Persuader logo on it, so I like the idea of combining pepper spray and an impact/leverage weapon in one device. If nothing else, it eliminates the need to transition to a different device if the pepper spray doesn't work or the situation changes to preclude its use.
Also, could you go into a bit more detail about the safety? For some reason, none of the literature on these things will tell how it actually works beyond their claims that it's absolutely foolproof and easy to use.
I have the Key Defender and my wife has the Palm. The Palm is too small to use as a kubotan, but it's really inconspicuous.
They are both built very solid, made of aircraft aluminum like a little maglight. The keyring attaches to the little copper tip which rotates/swivels infinitely (a really nice feature). You could theoretically hold the keys and use the body as a nunchuk-like striking tool, or just spin it around for fun.
The safety is a little plastic hinged semicircle near the keyring. A flick of the thumb unhinges it which makes it ready to deploy. When I carry it, I have my thumb on the safety. The safety feels solid enough, but it seems sort of fragile, like it might break off if you opened the safety a couple of hundred times or so.
So I don't open it anymore. No need to, really, until I'm ready to use it.
Glad you liked the vid. It hurt. I might test another spray some day. I've heard Sabre Red is one of the hottest as well. My friend David suggested the snorkel. He was sprayed with Freeze +P OC. Water is like magic after being sprayed: you can open your eyes underwater, but you can't above the surface. You just feel like jumping in the nearest swimming pool, lake, stream, or ocean.
Dude, you rock. I think your buddy should take the heat next time.
That was my brother... I totally think he should too. He was talking all kinds of trash. But after he saw the after effects (the pain lasted 2.5 hours and my eyes were infected for about a week and a half afterward), he chickened out, and hasn't once indicated he'd reconsider.
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