Pepper Spray vs. Mace?

[Philly Fin Fan]

Practice saying "WORST CASE OF HERPES IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND!" while spraying saliva in the direction of your would-be attacker. You'll be amazed how quickly they go away...

Do you know this from experience? (Have you tried it or was it used on you?) 

[Thundergod]

Or you can just use me: 

Until you decide that joggin at night isn't that good of an idea.   

[YoFuggedaboutit]

Just get yourself a Glock.  Once you pull it out, they'll back off REAL quick. 

[Spider-Dan]

I'd send you the pepper spray we use in the army, which is really condensed CS gas - but I'm afraid you'd kill someone.    Every MP has to take a dose in the grill before they allow us to carry it, I literally felt the effects for weeks.  To this day there are smells that make me think of it.

I remember watching some show on Discovery Channel about basic training (I believe it was called, appropriately enough, "Basic Training") where they train newbies on how to use their gas masks.  In order to put the consequences of half-assing your gas mask in its proper context, they made them stand in a shed filled with tear gas (or something similar).  Looked pretty effective.

[Pats2006]

I would go with the Colt .45

[JVides]

I would go with the Colt .45

Pats!  You're military.  That's an M-1911!

[Pats2006]

I remember watching some show on Discovery Channel about basic training (I believe it was called, appropriately enough, "Basic Training") where they train newbies on how to use their gas masks.  In order to put the consequences of half-assing your gas mask in its proper context, they made them stand in a shed filled with tear gas (or something similar).  Looked pretty effective.

Its called CS Gas. Good stuff.  Stuff F$%Kes you up. I will have to find some pics from when we went.

[Pats2006]

Pats!  You're military.  That's an M-1911!

Its a COLT .45 ACP GOVERNMENT MODEL PISTOL


Officers use the 9mm

Enlisted use the M16

I am a qualified expert with both, but wrong form to be talking about this stuff.


Mace and pepper spray are not that effect of. So yea you are better off kicking him in the balls or box if its a female!

[Buddhagirl]

Mace and pepper spray are not that effect of. So yea you are better off kicking him in the balls or box if its a female!

I'm leaning more towards that idea. My dad's been pressuring me for years to take some sort of self defense / martial arts class.  I just want enough to get me away. 

Its called CS Gas.

Can I buy this stuff or is it only military?

And, I couldn't carry a gun. I run with shorts and a bra on. Where would I keep it.  Run around waving it perhaps. No one would mess with me then. Ha ha ha!

[VidKid]

Like we learned during the superbowl. Just get the cell phone with crime deterrent. 

[Buddhagirl]

Like we learned during the superbowl. Just get the cell phone with crime deterrent. 

Vid...you KNOW I didn't watch the Superbowl. So, what the hell are you talking about?

[BeefStewert]

And, I couldn't carry a gun. I run with shorts and a bra on. Where would I keep it.  Run around waving it perhaps. No one would mess with me then. Ha ha ha!

Maybe if you wore a shirt you wouldn't have to worry about attackers.

[Buddhagirl]

Maybe if you wore a shirt you wouldn't have to worry about attackers.

Sorry, but women don't get attcked because of what they're wearing.

Would you say that women who get attacked deserved it because of what they're wearing? I think not.

And when I say bra, I mean sports bra. Pretty much a tank that shows my tummy.   Far more than what most women on the beach are wearing. (Which is where I do most of my running.)

[bsmooth]

Pepper spray is a weak version of CS gas that is used on rioters by police/military. Also CS doesn't work on eveyone/ or right away. I just went through the gas chamber as part of our depolyment training, and I took off my mask and was exsposed for about 10-15 sec before I left the chamber. It took about another 30 secs for the effects to really kick in i.e. massive eye burning/runny nose. So if hit with a weaker version I could still inflict damage upon you before I was incapacitated, and some people suffer no real effects at all. Also some states require you to take classes to learn when it is justifiable under the law to use these agents to avoid committing a felony.
I am not advsing against it, but make sure you research every aspect of it. I have friends who just bought the stuff without knowing what their legal responsibility to use it properly was.

[BeefStewert]

Sorry, but women don't get attcked because of what they're wearing.

Would you say that women who get attacked deserved it because of what they're wearing? I think not.

And when I say bra, I mean sports bra. Pretty much a tank that shows my tummy.   Far more than what most women on the beach are wearing. (Which is where I do most of my running.)

I was joking. 

I'm just pictuing a woman running down the street wearing a Victoria Secret lace bra.  I imagine she might get more attention than a woman wearing a tee.  Of course I live in Oregon and don't see women in bikinis on a daily basis (so I'm imaining a woman running down the streets of Portland wearing a VS bra).

And I never said anyone deserved to be attacked.