| Pepper Spray is a personal protection product. It is | | | | face, press down, and spray. It is a good practice to |
| designed as a deterrent for someone who is physically | | | | put your hand in front of your face just before you |
| going to harm you. This is a personal protection device | | | | spray in case the wind is blowing back towards you. |
| that is best for self defense. Just owning a canister of | | | | When you use pepper spray it is designed to be used |
| pepper spray will not do you any good if you don't | | | | in the face of an attacker. You need to be sure that |
| know how to use it. Here are a few easy tips that will | | | | you hold down the button of the spray canister and |
| show you how to use pepper spray, properly. It could | | | | use it liberally in their face. You will not blind the person |
| save your life. | | | | permanently but you will disable them for up to 30 |
| One of the most important things to remember is that | | | | minutes, which will give you plenty of time to flee. |
| when you are under attack that you cannot lose | | | | If you cannot quite get to the attackers’ face, |
| control. You have to try to remain as calm as possible | | | | maybe they have put their hand in front of their face, |
| throughout the attack. Make sure that you carry your | | | | you can spray the pepper spray as close as you can |
| pepper spray in an easy to locate place so you are | | | | get it to their face. Inhaling the spray is bad enough and |
| not wasting precious time searching for it. Having a | | | | will cause problems that can still disable the person. |
| small canister of Pepper spray on a keychain is very | | | | Another consideration is that you must make sure it |
| convenient. Get in the habit that when you are walking | | | | makes contact with the skin. It will not go through a |
| to your car at night, or in any vulnerable situation, that | | | | thick jacket or be effective if the person is wearing a |
| your pepper spray is out and ready to be used should | | | | ski mask and sunglasses. Aim for the face, eyes, and |
| someone approach you and makes you feel | | | | skin and then run. |
| threatened. | | | | It is okay to practice using pepper spray. You should |
| When you use pepper spray it must be in an upright | | | | practice quickly pulling it out and aiming it so that the |
| position. Do not hold it sideways, upside down, or in any | | | | next time that you are in dangerous situation you will |
| position than right side up. There is an actuator or, | | | | be quick at the draw. Pepper spray could save your |
| safety lock, on the canister and it needs to be turned in | | | | life when an attacker who is intent on causing you |
| order for the canister to be ready to spray. You | | | | harm approaches you. It will give you up to 30 minutes |
| should practice this maneuver before you actually | | | | to run from the location. |
| need to use it. When you do need to use it the motion | | | | You should know how to use pepper spray and be |
| will then be automatic. | | | | well versed with it. The better you are with it then the |
| All you have to do now is aim for the attacker’s | | | | more effective it will be when you aim for your target. |