Coalition Wants End To Domestic Violence

This is an article by the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault on a bill to end domestic violence and sexual assault. DUH! Is there anybody in the world who isn't against this? It's nice that they're passing a bill about this but why don't they actually do something to stop the predators. Women are consistently the targets of violence in 90% of...

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Stun Devices-All You Ever Wanted To Know

Batteries were invented in the late 1800s. Shortly after that a man invented what he called the 'electric prod pole' that was a battery-operated device used to herd his cattle. The product was minimally successful but the military heard about it and saw huge potential as a weapon. Thus the birth of the stun gun. They have come along way since then....

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Dog Bites Are Expensive

Here's an article that was in US News and World Report last week about a major insurance company that paid out $109 million for dog bite claims in 2011. The number of claims and the amount paid for them is up from 2010. You can read the rest of the story HERE. There are some things you can do to protect yourself...

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Pepper Spray Hotness Ratings-What You Need To Know

Here is some useful information on how to determine the relative hotness of the pepper spray. For years the general hotness rating was called the Scoville heat unit or SHU. This is common measure of hotness of anything. A habanero pepper, for example, has a SHU of 500,000. Sounds like a lot doesn't it? That is one of the hottest peppers going....

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Campus On Alert After Dorm Assault

This is a story about how a young co-ed was assaulted in her own door room at the University of New Hampshire campus. This is the same campus that vice president Biden touted as such a safe campus. An astonishingly high number of co-eds will be assaulted on college campuses this year and every year-just the nature of the beast. You can...

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Assault And Robbery Of Cyclist-How to Prevent It

This is a story about a how a 17-year-old was riding his bicycle when two men jumped out of a car and started assaulting him and then robbed him. This happened in Pittsfield, Maine. The men who did the assault are awaiting arraignment. The 17-year-old was stabbed in the leg and is recovering. You can read the whole story HERE. We have...

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Cabbie Defends Himself With Pepper Spray

Here's a story about one of the best uses of pepper spray I have seen in a long time. This about a cab driver in Brookings, South Dakota who had a fare of three passengers. One of the passengers assaulted the driver then all three of them tried to take off. But the cabdriver had a surprise for them. He sprayed one...

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