Learn About The Different Types Of Self Defense Products Educate Yourself And Find The Right Choice
Posted on December 20, 2008 - Filed Under General | Leave a Comment
We live in a crazy dangerous world 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 all the thieves in the world? Well, taking the life of someone else is not really acceptable in society for an ordinary person on the street. There are other ways to defend yourself besides killing someone, 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:
Stun guns are becoming a very popular means of self defense. Stun guns are extremely useful when the aggressors are already too close for you to run or get away. A Stun Gun is an electrical defense weapon that uses high voltage to stop an attacker. The metal prongs on the end of the devices deliver an intense shock when touched to an assailant. The high voltage low amperage of the gun gives you plenty of stopping power but will not permanently harm the attacker. They range in many different voltages starting as low as 20,000 volts and can go all the way to 1.5 million volts. 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 .
Before getting a stun gun it is import to know if they are legal where you live.
Pepper Sprays
The most common self-defense weapon is the 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. Remember however that police using pepper spray are given extensive training on how to use it effectively. 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
The new Advanced Taser M-18 series has almost 100% effectiveness rating. 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 . The Advanced Taser shoots out 2 darts attached to 15 feet of wire and 50,000 volts travels over the wires to over-ride the central nervous system. This provides substantial power to immobilize the attacker.
The choices for self defense product are vast. The trick is to find the one that works best for you.