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Originally Posted by DanUCSB
TR: If I may ask, why the ASP rather than OC for yourself?
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It is because of the reasons you excluded.
I like to have many tools in the kitbag. I did not say that I did not have OC as well as a firearm.
LEOs have worked this to a fine art. While I am not bound directly to a Force Continuum policy, it may make it easier to defend in court, should I be obligated to use force to defend myself or my family. The reasonable man defense. I like to think that if I start with voice commands and work my way through, I may not have to take a life. Personally, there is nothing wrong with OCing the crap out of a thug who threatens you and running away, if you can do so. That is what I would recommend for most citizens. I think that were I a perp, I could sustain a few blows with an ASP by an untrained individual, particularly a small man or a female, close to hands-on distance quickly to take the weapon from them and finish the engagement. With the OC, after a half hour or so of choking and gagging, he is recovered with no permanent effect and you are safe and sound miles away. Should he be unaffected by the OC and continue to present a threat, I can go to hands or the impact weapon. If he initiates the contact with a lethal threat that requires the use of deadly force, I am prepared to take it there as well.
You have a lot more time to think it through and plan your actions (and your defensive tactics) now than you will then.
OC is simple, easy to employ effectively, inexpensive, convenient, works well against most threats, creates no permanent injury, and meets the needs of most untrained people better than the alternatives.
TR
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