MAB32

Remeber, OC spray is legally a weapon, and you had better be ready to justify your use of it, but if in doubt, let fly. Hopefully, the attacker will fold up in pain. Apologize and advise the attacker that rubbing his or her eyes only makes it worse, and to open the eyes wide to let the pepper evaporate. When they do juice them again. Retreat to a safe location and CALL THE POLICE. Report the incident and stress that you feared for your safety. Prepare to be investigated.


I don't think that is good advice to give to a woman carrying OC. We use to tell the woman to get the Fox brand and buy at least three of them. One for the purse/pocket, one for the vehicle, and one to practice with. We used both the spray and the stream versions and both have advantages and disadvantages.

We also taught them that if you ever had to use it and to use it when in doubt, that you DO NOT stick around. OC buys you time to escape and that is exactly what you do. Once in a safe area, like your vehicle a mile down the road you then get on the phone and call the authorities and give them all information pertaining to the incident. By the way, you still must keep driving away from the attack. Just wanted you to know that in case we have a miss-communication here. You also DO NOT give the person instructions on how to ease their pain. It hurts for a reason. Another problem we found with women using OC, especially in the early days, was their nature to help someone screaming in pain. This went with the fact even if they caused the pain intentionally to escape harm. So avoid the woman's "nature" to help.

One last thing. In Ohio if you were to accidentally spray an On-duty or Off-Duty Law Enforcement Officer as they were attempting to show you ID that Officer can legally now shoot you as per our Force Continuum. Just FYI so be very careful before you do