Ten Little Known Facts About Self-Defense Products

There's no secret about products that are designed to provide personal safety and personal security. Self-defense products in one form or another have been around for thousands of years. Think about the first time you picked up a stick or stone to throw at somebody in self-defense, then move that back thousands of years. Those were the first self-defense products.

Modern-day self-defense items such as include pepper sprays and stun guns are especially popular for female self-defense and for personal safety and personal security of anyone. They are nonlethal products that have one goal in mind: disable an assailant long enough for you to get away and seek help removing you from harm's way.

Here are ten little-known facts about self-defense products that you should know before you buy one and especially after you get one.

1. Pepper sprays are legal in all jurisdictions but some cities and states have limitations on the amount of certain ingredients. Your local police department or an online website can fill you in on the legality in your area.

2. Stun guns are not legal everywhere. Again your local police department or an online website can inform you of legality in your area. You certainly don't want to use an illegal product even if it is to defend yourself.

3. Stun guns and pepper sprays are on average only 90% effective. They are less effective against assailants who are drunk or are on drugs.

4. Pepper sprays are extremely vulnerable to windy or rainy conditions not to mention that they have range restrictions. Most pepper sprays do not shoot any farther than 10 or 12 feet.

5. Stun guns need to be applied physically to an assailant's body. Many people find that objectionable.

6. They are most effective when applied to certain areas of the body such as "the upper hip, below the rib cage or the upper shoulders. This is due to there being nerve centers at those points."

7. "Even if the assailant is touching you, the current will not pass to you. There is no shock-back."

8. Even though pepper sprays and stun guns are nonlethal in nature, they are still considered weapons. Misuse of them is illegal and punishable by a fine and possible jail term.

9. A license is not required to carry them.

10. Tasers cannot be activated without passing a background check.

If you are aware of these little-known facts about self-defense products and the shortcomings they have, you can better be prepared to overcome them and compensate for them.

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