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Two teen girls arrested in accidental pepper spray discharge
Two 14-year-old girls from Westover Middle School have been charged with possessing a weapon on campus and simple assault after a canister of pepper spray discharged in a classroom this past Monday in Fayetteville, NC. A teacher was taken to the Cape...
Pepper Spray (Not) Out Of Stock
Due to recent reports of kidnappings and attacks around the Bakersfield, California area, self-defense items are flying off the shelves at the few local outlets that stock these items. Within the past couple weeks, there have been at least two report...
Little Old Lady Stops Robbery with Pepper Spray
Here’s a heart warming report out of Jacksonville, Florida. It took place after a robber tried to snatch a purse from a 77-year-old woman at a Kangaroo Express. A “one-man crime spree” was brought to an abrupt halt by a 77-year-old woman with a...
How do you pepper spray yourself in the face?
There are always stories about people using something designed for good, but using them for something bad. Guns, tasers, pepper sprays and any like instrument can be used for either good or evil intentions, all depending on the wielder. It is unfortu...
Conscience and Consequences of Self-Defense
It has been reported that the rate of justifable homicides has been rising in the past couple years to the highest levels in over a decade. A justifable homicide is when a private citizen kills another person in self-defense while the person is commi...
Homeowner Pepper Sprays Intruder
A woman woke up in the middle of the night Sunday in her Atkinson, NH condo when she heard some noise downstairs. She found an unknown man in her living room when she proceeded to check out what was going on. During the confrontation, the intruder gr...
First Rule of Fight Club…
During the winter of 1994, I spent 8 weeks in Fort Jackson, SC for Basic Training the US Army. Out of the 8 weeks, I don’t remember exactly why now, but I ended up at the medical center for most of one day. I missed the half-day session on han...
Freedom of Speech, Throwing Rocks, and Pepper Spray
I never quite understand these peaceful, read violent and destructive, protesters. This time in St. Paul, MN, in a stunning display of their non-violent civil disobedience, rocks and bottles were thrown, windows were broken, dumpsters were tipped ove...
Pepper Spray Videos
For those wondering what it is like to be sprayed with pepper spray and wondering if pepper spray or mace defensive sprays actually work. When someone is sprayed with OC pepper spray, the person’s eyes slam shut. Even if someone does manage to...
Personal Protection Insurance
Every time I have to pay out towards the premium of my auto insurance, or my homeowners insurance or my life insurance I think of how much money I seem to be wasting. It seems like I just pay every month to these people and get nothing in return. Unt...
Comics: In the Bleachers 8-22-08
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Stop! Or This Granny Will Shoot!
A burglary at a neighbor’s home a few weeks back prompted an 85-year-old Pennsylvania woman to arm herself with a .22-caliber revolver. She kept it at the ready near her bed in the bedroom. The thought of having a weapon in the house let her re...
Pepper Spray for Show and Tell?
A 14-year-old juvenile delinquent thought it would be funny to discharge a canister of pepper spray in a classroom in Arizona last week. Needless to say, he ended up arrested for disorderly conduct, reckless discharge of a dangerous instrument and di...
Fake Coyotes cause a stir, Geese are unimpressed.
A bunch of fake wooden cutout coyotes are fooling motorists on the islands in Wolf Lake near Hammond, Indiana. However, the ducks and geese that they are supposed to be scared off are not discouraged. These islands in Wolf Lake are protected wetlands...
Winnie-the-Pooh and Friends Arrested for Assault and Robbery
Winnie-the-Pooh, a guy in a mouse costume and another guy in a panther disguise were all arrested in Tokyo, Japan following an assault and robbery of two victims. Apparently, the cute and cuddly trio ran out of clean clothes, so instead of doing some...
Who Would Win a Fight, a Taser or a Stun Gun?
How many volt stun gun should I buy? I’ve seen them online from 80,000 volts to 2 million volts. Does the voltage really matter? What is the difference between lower and higher voltage? Is it the amount time the attacker is disabled, or the amo...
When Seconds Count, the Police are Minutes Away…
Here is a scenario for you. You or a loved one is walking down the street, an alley, a parking lot, you pick the locale. One, two or three guys, the number doesn’t really matter, start to verbally accost and threaten physical harm. You have a s...
Hot enough for you?
20-plus days of triple-digit, record breaking temperatures in Northern Texas? No thank you, I prefer the milder New England summers, although we seem to be getting quite a bit of rain lately. If you are stuck out there in Texas, Arizona, Florida or a...
Seriously, If not now, then when?
Everyone procrastinates. No big deal right? I hate mowing the lawn. More often then not, the grass in my yard ends up taller then it should be by the time I get around to cutting it. Oh well, no one is going to die over it. I’m sure you can th...
Wanna buy a Taser, Paris Hilton?
I was surfing some gadget review site today, not sure why, but I ended up skimming a new cell phone write-up. One of the lines that caught my attention was the line “…solid option compared to the (other cell phone) — but only if you liv...
Joker Star, Christian Bale Denies Assault
Holy Assault, Batman! Joker star Christian Bale has denied that he assaulted his mother and sister after he was released from police custody last week. Bale allegedly attacked his 61-year-old mother Jenny, and his 40-year-old sister Sharon at Londo...
Dog Bites Boy, Boy Bites Dog. Take That!
An 11-year-old boy in San Paulo, Brazil is recovering after being attacked by a pit bull dog as he played in his uncle’s back yard. But this isn’t just one sided, the boy actually retaliated and bit the aggressive canine back. A group of...
Heist Turns Sour at Local Lemonade Stand
I guess once you graduate from stealing candy form babies, your next logical step is ripping off lemonade stands. I mean you don’t want to jump into convenience stories too quickly… you might not quite be ready to take such a big step. Th...
Do Not Buy Pepper Spray Without Reading This First
Again, Do Not Buy Pepper Spray Without Reading This First. Of course we sell Pepper Spray and Mace Defensive Sprays and we want you to buy pepper spray from us and be safe. But more importantly, we REALLY REALLY need you to know how to use the pepper...
14 Years in Jail and the Cane for Armpit Sniffer
Sometimes I am not quite sure what to make of some of the news stories I come across. I am thinking this one has a lengthy history and more details would perhaps explain a bit more, but the headline sure caught my eye “Armpit sniffer gets jail ...
