Pepper Spray In The News

Pepper spray has been in the news quite a bit lately. First it was the pepper spraying of Occupy Wall Street protesters seemingly by just one trigger happy officer. Then it was an early bird Black Friday sale at Wal-Mart gone amuck as a shopper starting spraying other shoppers with pepper spray. Authorities called it “competitive shopping.” About 20 customers were affected.

And just recently in Seattle, police resorted to pepper spraying some over-exuberant shoppers who were fighting while waiting in a long line in the early morning hours. It was Retro Air Jordan frenzy.

I’m saddened by these reports because this is how many citizens get their impression of pepper spray. It happened with TASERs too, (“Don’t Taze me bro”).  But our orientation at Stun Gun Supply has always been providing citizens these self defense weapons as just that, as self defense in case of a personal attack on themselves or their home or property. We feel it helps even the power balance. Yes, firearms are effective too but we realize that they are not for everyone. We offer non-lethal means of temporarily disabling those who wish to do harm to you or your property. We know for sure that a loud snapping in the air from a stun gun may chase away a would be criminal without a fight.

The fact that police routinely carry pepper spray, stun guns and Tasers is proof positive that these self defense weapons work. They are effective. We feel everyone should have one or more of these self defense weapons in their home and car. It’s vital to carry one of these deterrents when you are out and about in any type of potentially dangerous situation. As the saying goes, it’s better to be safe then sorry.