DON'T BE THE NEXT VICTIM!!! 

With the crime rate the way it is today you need to protect yourself and your loved ones.

Purchase a non-lethal weapon to protect yourself.

1 out of 7 people own items like stun guns and pepper sprays.

These numbers are increasing as more people need and want to protect themselves. I don't need to tell you that there are literally hundreds of people out there who know nothing about this line of defense, but somehow got their hands on cheap products that used hype, with tales of violence, to get you to buy their products. 

 I will admit that the world isn't getting much safer, but you won't find cheap sprays or any other cheap products on this site.  

What should you buy?

Pepper Spray is the first level of defense where you use something other than your body (voice or hands) to control another person attacking you.

Pepper Spray/ Mace Products are the best elementary option for overall control of your attacker from a distance.

Stun Guns and Tasers!  They look and sound great.  I would suggest getting one of these for the house and any family member old enough to use one. With a stun gun device - you can put an attacker down and walk away - go get help - call the police or whatever you need to do, without worry of the attacker coming at you again.

Batons. These stun defense weapons are the best for defending yourself at arms length. 

What is in a typical canister of pepper spray?

All pepper sprays have the following 3 components in common:

1)     Oleoresin capsicum (OC for short; the oily residue extracted from hot red peppers that naturally contains the active ingredient - capsaicin - that elicits an intense burning sensation),

2)     A carrier, or base, fluid into which the oleoresin capsicum is mixed to thin and dilute it, and

3)     A propellant that supplies the energy to expel the carrier and active ingredients from the can.

What exactly is the “oleoresin capsicum” we see listed on the ingredients of pepper spray?

Before proceeding, a short vocabulary lesson is in order. Capsicum is the Latin word for pepper and is the genus-level designation for all peppers used in seasonings for hotness. Hence, oleoresin (oleo = oil and resin= extract obtained from a plant) capsicum (pepper) means quite literally "pepper extract in oil". When jalapenos (moderately hot), habaneras (fiery hot), or even bell peppers (no hotness at all) are finely ground, this pepper slurry mixed in vegetable oil literally becomes 'oleoresin capsicum'. Oleoresin capsicum (abbreviated O.C.) is the oily mixture produced when the burning compounds, which naturally occur in hot red peppers, are extracted. O.C. is comprised primarily of

a)     carotenoids: the red pigments found in many vegetables,

b)     vegetable oils and, 

c)      capsaicinoids, the compounds responsible for pungency.

There are over 25 capsaicinoid compounds found in O.C., but only 3 are considered ‘active ingredients’ and are responsible for the "heat" or pungency of the solution: capsaicin, nordihydrocapsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin. The other capsaicinoids, while comprising a larger percentage of the O.C., are relatively inert with respect to their ability to elicit the burn response.

Above, it was stated that OC is the oily mixture extracted from red peppers. But red peppers aren’t naturally oily. The oil in OC results from the process used to extract the active ingredient from ground peppers. Since capsaicinoids are highly soluble in oil, the slurry of freshly ground red peppers are saturated with vegetable oil then strained through fine sieves, leaving behind much of the plant cell wall matter. Some manufacturers use volatile solvents in combination with vegetable oil during the extraction process to reduce viscosity. This shortens the filtering time. Afterwards the volatile solvents are removed. This capsaicinoid-rich oil is a deep red hue, however, because carotenoids in the peppers are too fine for the sieves to remove. Most oleoresin capsicum originates from red pepper growers in India and Africa. Further extraction and separation of capsaicin from the oil is expensive. Since the target industry for most of this product is the commercial food business, vegetable oil is a choice medium for export and sale. Commercial food companies use OC to add hotness to everything from chili to salsa. The pepper spray-manufacturing sector purchases this “food grade OC” in its thick, red state and combines it with a carrier chemical, which dilutes and thins it out. Then, by adding a propellant to the canisters containing this mixture the contents can be expelled as “bear spray”.

STUN GUNS:

Depending on your taste and the amount you wish to spend you should be able to choose a stun gun that will fit your personal needs perfectly.  My advice is to choose an item you will feel comfortable with. Stun guns will affect the body’s muscles; the attacker will lose body function and will fall to the ground. In most cases the attacker will loose motor function for 5 to 9 minutes. It only takes 3 seconds up to 1 minute for the attacker to fall to the ground, temporarily paralyzed (depending on the voltage of the stun gun). The longer they are shocked the longer their muscles contract, leaving them unable to move.

WHAT IS A STUN GUN?

A stun gun is a legal electronic device that puts out a high voltage shock! By merely touching a person with the gun, he is immobilized for several minutes, with no permanent damage.When you press the stun gun against an attacker and hold the trigger, the charge passes into the attacker's body. Since it has a fairly high voltage, the charge will pass through heavy clothing and skin. But at around 3 milliamps, the charge is not intense enough to damage the attacker's body unless it is applied for extended periods of time.The energy stored in the stun gun is discharged into the attackers muscles at a pulse frequency rate that tells the muscles to do a great deal of work rapidly. This rapid work cycle instantly depletes the attacker’s blood sugar level by converting it to lactic acid. In short, he is unable to produce energy for his muscles, and his body becomes unable to function.The stun gun does not rely on high amperage, or pain, for results. The stun gun is designed to key into the nervous system. It interrupts the neurological impulses that travel through the body to control and direct voluntary muscle movement. When an assailants neuromuscular system is overwhelmed and controlled by the stun gun, instant disorientation and loss of balance will occur. This is like running an outside current into a phone line: The original signal is mixed in with random noise, making it very difficult to decipher any messages. When these lines of communication go down, the attacker has a very hard time telling his muscles to move. Should the assailant be touching you, the current will not pass to your body. The charge grounds out and cannot be passed from one body to another.   

The most effective contact points on the body are the stomach, the shoulders, the neck, the lower back, and upper back. The Stun Gun can penetrate even heavy winter clothing, so there is no need to aim for exposed skin.

Before you order a Stun Gun, please make sure they are legal where you live.  Click onto our Legal Page to see the latest law specifications for your area.