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Thread: Got in a fight on the way home from work; too old for this; perhaps pepper spray?

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    Maybe I've just become exceedingly claustrophobic, but I tend to avoid drive-thru service. I'd rather go in to a restaurant and pick something up. I suppose if I lived in a sketchy area I might not want to go inside, either.

    I'll hit the pharmacy drive-thru when it is quiet -- but I don't like having my car blocked in.

    I guess you have to wonder, what is the worst the guy could have done to your car? Is it worth it?

    Is even pepper spray worth it, if you have to roll down the window and expose yourself to someone in a rage who is relying on cans for cash? Probably not.

    I could certainly understand intervening if it looked like he was going to physically hurt someone else (that's a personal choice and totally fact dependent). But remember, he could be armed, and you could end up being like the victims on the tri-met train in Portland.

    Can/should/must, right?

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    This is a good review of pepper sprays.....

    https://youtu.be/6oK1d_tBp9Q

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    Quote Originally Posted by ECVMatt View Post
    Ultimately thinking more about my location and how to avoid situations like this is probably the best solution.
    Great idea. I've tried to drill that idea into a friend's head, but he still managed to walk past a fleeing shooting suspect and into a shooting scene last year. There's nothing wrong with the restaurant he went in, but everything is wrong with the location and the people who wander around there. Some people don't like to feel limited about where they can go, but ultimately it's cheaper than a shooting, lawyers, bail, or a life flight ride to the trauma center.
    "Gunfighting is a thinking man's game. So we might want to bring thinking back into it."-MDFA

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    I much prefer the version with the pocket clip
    https://www.amazon.com/POM-Black-Cli...JY8K2SYY916RM5
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    POM pepper spray: 2 million Scoville Heat Units.
    In-N-Out Double Double: 670 cals, 41 gm of saturated fat, cholesterol 120 mg, Sodium 1440 mg.

    Clearly in regards to bodily damage potential: Double-Double >>>>> POM pepper spray.

    I'm glad you made it out without any serious injury to you or your vehicle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Clusterfrack View Post
    I carried a Pepperblaster for several years and stopped, mostly due to the high potential for serious eye injury that delivery system carries with it https://txktoday.com/crime/city-poli...ay-eye-injury/

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    Quote Originally Posted by kobuksonhwacha View Post
    I carried a Pepperblaster for several years and stopped, mostly due to the high potential for serious eye injury that delivery system carries with it https://txktoday.com/crime/city-poli...ay-eye-injury/
    It's often very windy in my AO, making conventional OC spray a no-go. The PepperBlaster II manual says 2' minimum safe discharge distance, so I can only assume that's correct.
    "You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lost River View Post
    You never know what someone is angry about. In regards to the guy trying to get to the recycling center, he could have really just hated those cans!
    Navin Johnson saw what you did there....

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