This is a story from a St. Louis television station that is reporting a shortage of shelter space for women because that an increase in Domestic Violence. Shelters are particularly busy in winter time and this winter has been one of the most difficult and challenging pushing people to the edge. There is no particular explanation anybody can come up with for...

Recently U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal D-Conn. met with the University of St. Joseph students, professors and staff and talked about the need for cultural change regarding Campus Sexual Assaults. This was the third roundtable discussion that Sen. Blumenthal has had about sexual assaults on college campuses. He hopes to shape legislation and propose funding for programs that might help prevent it and...

In today's blog post we're doing a review of the most popular Wildfire pepper sprays. They all have an 18% concentration of oleoresin capsicum which makes them nearly twice as hot as most sprays. They are made and independently tested in the USA with many sizes and styles to choose from. The most popular is this key ring spray that contains 25...

This is a story from Des Moines Iowa about the latest craze in felony assaults sweeping the nation called Knockout Game Assaults. The story details how two Iowa State University students think that they were the targets of the deadly game called the "knockout game" where players hit unsuspecting people and try to knock them out. There have been reports of the...

This is an article about Teen Dating Violence and how parents can do a lot to protect their children from injury or death by knowing the signs and intervening when necessary. "According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are five types of dating abuse: physical, mental, emotional (control issues), sexual and financial. In studies, 1 in 10 teens reports...

Two weeks ago a Pueblo, Colorado man was assaulted in a Safeway parking lot. It was reported late last week that he passed away. You can read the whole story HERE. The incident happened in broad daylight in a relatively high traffic area. Police are still looking for suspects. We often suggest pepper sprays, but for female self-defense and their personal safety...