click for more info Here's an article about a young woman who started a program called "Just Yell Fire" to teach young women self-defense techniques. She updated the program because she realized her college aged peers couldn't relate to the original program, which was designed for younger women. She demonstrates many of the martial arts self-defense techniques herself. You can read the...

Here's a story about how deputy police commissioner Fox in Philadelphia is leading the charge against domestic violence in that city. Of course domestic violence is a huge problem nationwide but usually doesn't get much attention for a variety of reasons. And it is one of the most under reported crimes in the country. You can read the whole story HERE. The...

This is a story about the University of Montana regents who recently approved a new sexual assault policy for their campus. The campus recently is under a federal investigation into the way the city and the university handle several sexual assaults. Of course you can read the rest of the story HERE. The story goes on to say that "The U.S. Justice...

This is a story about how a new program in a community in Wisconsin is helping domestic violence victims. Domestic violence is the number one crime in the country according to some officials and yet it often goes unreported for a variety of reasons-fear being the number one reason. You can read the whole story HERE. If women know or suspect that...

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....

There are literally dozens of brands of pepper sprays on the market today. Mace brand is probably the best-known. But here are two other popular brands that are actually more effective than Mace. You should know about them. The first is Fox Pepper Sprays. They are carried by many law enforcement agencies throughout the country because they are considered to be the...