Self Defense Pepper Spray can help to Save Your Life

If you are looking for some kind of self defense device that you can keep with you all the time, consider some type of self defense pepper spray that you can use to keep assailants and potential burglars at bay.

There are various different types of pepper spray, but the most popular and best proven types rely on an extract from Oleoresin Capsiam, which are hot peppers. The active ingredient is then formulated so that it can be used in the form of a spray, a gel, foam or even a kind of fogger that will vaporize so that everyone in the vicinity will be adversely affected. That’s something to remember, because if you trigger a pepper spray device, you might also end up coughing and gasping for breath if you stick around to watch how your assailant responds!

Some types of self defense spray also contain a type of tear gas. You need to check the ingredients to determine what is in the formulation you choose.

But if you choose a pepper gun of some sort, basically what happens is that self defense pepper spray, when triggered, will affect the mucous membranes. These membranes are found in various parts of your body, specifically in your eyes, nose, mouth, and in your lungs. This is why anyone who is sprayed in the face from a pepper spray gun will:

• cry un-spontaneously and be left with eyes that sting and feel red hot,
• possibly suffer from temporary blindness,
• sneeze and find it almost impossible to breath,
• gasp for breath and feel a desperate need to find water to drink, and
• find it seriously difficult to breathe.

This means that if you aim accurately, a self defense pepper spray will be sure to undermine the ability of any assailant to be able to continue an attack.

The effect of pepper guns is so effective that some states in America have laws that govern and restrict the sale of pepper guns. In many ways this is incredibly reassuring because we know that this means they work! But can you rely on pepper spray alone? The answer is ‘probably not’.

If you intend to use a pepper spray gun to protect yourself, you need to think beyond this moment. This means that you need to consider what will happen if your assailant is able to overcome the effects of even the very best pepper spray and continue the attack. That is a scary thought, but one that is very real. It is for this reason that many people train in the martial arts. If you can defend yourself in the moment then you can use hot pepper spray to divert an attacker. Then when they are down, you can do your own attack and hopefully overcome. More about  personal safety training

Another possible way of improving your odds is to carry other self defense weapons in addition to the self defense pepper spray you are relying on. Both personal safety alarms and various stun guns will enable you to do this. And there are also pepper spray products and a variety of personal Mace products (as well as generic ‘mace’ products) that combine with other features like LED lights, that will help to give you the upper hand.