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Why You Should Carry Either Stun Guns Or Pepper Spray

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Although many people think that stun guns are dangerous, they are very helpful when you find yourself in a situation that requires some self-defense. How these guns work is they pass an extremely high voltage pulse through the individual’s nervous and muscle system. All the energy gets dumped into the muscles and this is not done normally, but rather at quite a high pulse frequency.

What this does is it causes the muscles to function very rapidly but also not very efficiently, giving you time to get help or get away. Your attacker will find it difficult to move and will have to be still for some time in order to recover.

Pepper spray on the other hand, although also very effective, is a little more difficult to use in a situation where you have to be quick. However, if you are able to reach for the spray and direct it into your attacker’s face with no problem, then that is fine.

Pepper spray when sprayed in the face will make your attacker stop moving and probably sit down. Their eyes will be burning so much they will feel like they are going to pop out and if they breathed in some of the spray, which they should have if you sprayed enough, they will find it difficult to breathe for some time. Once again, this will leave you with enough time to escape and call for help.

When shopping for stun guns you should be aware that there are many makes and models for you to choose from, each with differing voltages. If you are looking for a good little pocket or purse sized weapon look no further than the Streetwise Small Fry Stun Gun which carries 400,000 to 1,000,000 volts! Other stun guns like the Muscle Man are just as effective at 100,000- 600,000 or the Panther Stun Gun at 100,000 to 600,000 volts.

If you are interested in something, a little different you could go with the Blast Knuckles Stun Gun, hold this puppy in your fist and shock an attacker with 950,000 volts. For some serious self-defense there are stun guns with 1.2 million volts or more. Stun guns come in a variety of shapes and sizes so choose the one you are most comfortable with.

You also have many options when you are looking at pepper spray. There are units which can be carried in your pocket or on a key ring, models that look like ordinary items such as a pen or lipstick case. There are also pepper spray units designed for jogging or cycling and for home defense. You can choose the spray that best suits your needs. As you can see there is one for almost every occasion.

Carrying some form of protection wherever you go is important, you should strive to have a self-defense device with you always. Stun guns or pepper spray, it really does not matter which you prefer in fact you can carry both if you like. Just do not be caught off guard, let bad people know quickly that they messed with the wrong person! Self-protection is a right not an option so make sure you are always safe whether you are at work, in public or even at home, you can never be too careful.

Ryan Karpilo
Owner
RKDefense.com

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Security Products For College Students

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Security Products For College Students

College campus are being targeting more and more by criminals due to easy access, abundant opportunities, and the relaxed atmosphere. If you attend college or you’re the parent or guardian of a college student these products will enhance you or their safety on campus.

Pepper Spray

Pepper spray is an affordable, light weight, compact and easy to carry non-lethal device for any student. It allows you to keep your distance for the assailant with its ability to spray up to 15 feet away. It is highly effective causing extreme issues for your assailant for at least 30 minutes; giving you the time to flee and get help. It is 99 percent effective putting the odds on your side. I would recommend a key chain pepper spray with a stream spray because there is less chance of blow back and has a high concentration upon impact. When using the pepper spray; spray it in a fan motion to assure target acquisition.

Stun Guns

Stun Guns are powerful personal security devices that will drop an attacker to the ground giving you time to flee and get help. Stun guns come in a large variety of sizes, shapes and prices; purchase the highest voltage you can afford. Why? The higher the voltage, the faster it moves through the body and the quicker and more debilitating the effect. The down side to stun guns is the close proximity you have to be in to use it on the attacker. Always hit soft tissue areas like the groin, kidney area, face, neck, arm pit, and thigh to gain the optimal effects; however it will be effective anywhere. I would recommend the Stun master multifunction stun gun because it has some features that no other stun guns have. For example it comes with a wrist strap pin; when the pin is pulled it won’t fire so if the unfortunate happens and the attacker takes it away from you they can’t use it against you. It also has a 110 decibel personal alarm to get people’s attention in the area.

Tasers

The Taser C2 offers protection while keeping your distance from you assailant up to 15 feet away, one pull of the trigger produces a full 30 seconds of debilitation and it doesn’t matter where you hit the body the affect is the same. The probes can penetrate up to a combined two inches of clothing and works effectively even if the attacker is on Drugs or Alcohol. It works because they affect the neuromuscular system mixing the signals up and taking their ability to use their muscles away. They come equipped with laser sights allowing you to easily target your assailant. Tasers are more expensive than pepper spray or stun guns; however with any TASER if used for self defense and you leave it behind to flee, file a police report and send a copy to TASER International and they will replace your TASER for free.

Conclusion:

You or your college student can benefit greatly when the time comes that you need to protect yourself by having and practicing with a personal security and self defense device. There are other products available that can offer protection in different applications and circumstances, I only went over three. It is important if you choose to carry a personal security or self defense product that you are familiar with it and practice with it so you can use it effectively. Remember the best time to learn your lesson about personal security and self defense is before something happens.

Adam Sisterhen is the president of Your Personal Security Store and author of personal security and self defense articles. He is a proud advocate and a firm believer in personal security and self defense products that help protect you, your family and your loved ones.

To find the products talked about in this article and a wealth of information check these links below.

Personal Protection Products including Stun Guns, Pepper Spray, MACE Spray, TASER Devices and Home Security Products: RKDefense.com

Ryan Karpilo
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Mace vs Pepper Spray | What’s the difference | RKDefense

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

There is a common misconception that the name Mace is a type of defense spray. Mace is actually a registered brand name for a company that sells defensive pepper sprays. When Mace (legally known as Mace Security International) was first developed, it consisted of CS and CN type riot control gases that were used by the military, re-formulated to be used by police departments and civilians for personal defense. They have since change the types of sprays that they carry and include regular pepper spray and a product with pepper spray and some CS and CN mixed in. This is primarily due to the fact that CS and CN are irritants and pepper spray is an inflammatory.

What that means to you is, as an irritant, CS and CN can take longer to enter the pores and start working.  CS and CN can also have their effects “washed”, by removing the irritant from your skin, you loose the effect.  Also, people have different levels of pain management.  So what might irritate one person dramatically, may not effect another as severely.  This can lead to different effects from your spray, and possibly not disabling an attacker.

OC Pepper spray is an inflammatory agent which enters the pores and causes an inflammation of the tissue. It can’t be “washed” once is enters the pores, as an irritant can, which allows it to continue to work.  When an individual has an inflammation of mucus tissue, they get the “feeling” of suffocation along with the burning of the pepper.  There is no pain management involved.

Some brands ( Sabre and Mace are a few ) have many different types of products in their sales line.  They carry products that only contain pepper spray and also some that use a bit of CS and CN in them to get a more volatile mix. Some also ad dye to identify an attacker later.

The delivery method will dictate the speed in which an spray works. The finer the particles, the faster it enters the pores. This is a double edged sword. A stream has a longer effective reach but takes longer to work, a fogger is finer and works faster, but will not travel as far and can be effected by the softest breeze (in a house this is best to just spray into the hallway and stop any movement down the hall).  Some companies even produce a “foam” type spray that is difficult to wipe away and results in the pepper being ground into the pores of the skin.  These types of sprays are very effective in a windy environment or possibly in a store or office area where you would not want to risk spraying a bystander.

Many animal sprays (Bear and Dog/K9) have slight differences in the mixture, but are basically the same ingredients as pepper sprays, they just have the requirement of being certified by the EPA as safe for the environment.



Remember that when using anything for self defense, other than items that are designed for self defense, you may have to defend yourself in court at to why you chose that particular item. If it is an item that you KNOW might kill or maim, you may be held negligent by a jury of your peers.  Pepper Sprays have consistently been approved and held up in court at non-lethal self defense.

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