We are living in a dangerous place where the safety of an individual's is threatened . You can be in danger anywhere you are. If we are not to be left feeling like powerless victims, what can we do to protect ourselves from against such often surprising attacks ? Well, killing an innocent person is not accepted in society . There are however alternatives to both taking the life others and using firearms when you need to protect yourself against attacker , these are self defense weapons.
There are lots of choices for self defense weapons that you can use to protect yourself without putting the life of your attacker in danger. Next you will find a list of a few different self defense products .
Stun guns and Batons:
An increasingly popular type of self-defense weapon is the stun gun. Stun guns work very fell when you are in a close defense situation where running away is not an option . A Stun Gun uses a high voltage, low amperage electrical shock to bring an attacker to his knees . An attacker can be easily immobilized by touching the person with the prongs of the gun. Because the amperage is very low, no serious or permanent injury is inflicted. You can choose stun guns with varying sizes and voltages. Stun guns can be disguised as soda cans, mobile phones, credit cards, cigars, flashlights and other objects you usually carry around. If you need extra reach length you can use a stun baton. The effects of the attacker will last for up to 15 minutes and give you plenty of time to call the police .
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Before getting a stun gun it is import to know if they are legal where you live .
Pepper Sprays
Hands down the most popular self defense product is good old fashion pepper spray . It is very inexpensive to buy and packs enough punch to take out most attackers . It is most commonly purchased in a pressurized bottle/tube form that starts as small as keychain pepper spray. Also like the stun gun it can be camouflaged in usual objects that you carry around on a daily basis, lipstick being an example. You never have to worry about where to buy pepper spray because there are so many great online stores to buy it from. Before you purchase pepper spray make sure you are educated on how to use it correctly for maximum impact . There are many things that can reduce how effective pepper spray is, things such as wind or missing the face . This training is not always available to the general public. Police often use mace pepper spray with other back-up resources.
Tasers
Tasers are highly effective and can be used from a much longer range . It is said to combine injury reducing benefits of the traditional stun gun with a quantum leap in stopping power via new Electro-Muscular Disruption (EMD) technology. Believe it or not but the new tasers have faster incapacitation then a 9mm hand gun . These new tasers shoot a long wire that has 2 barbs on the end of them, an electrical current travels over the wire into the attacker .