Colleges Working On Campus Sexual Assaults

Here's a story about a college that is attempting to improve Sexual Assault Procedures. The Campus Sexual Violence Elimination (SaVE) Act takes effect soon. It holds institutions of higher education responsible for the prevention of sexual violence, not just responding to it after assaults occur. "It also establishes standard procedures for disciplining those found guilty, and requires greater transparency on sexual violence...

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Indian Women Fight Back With OC Spray

Here is a story from the Boston Globe about Indian women fighting back with self-defense pepper sprays. You can read the whole story HERE. Indian women are taking the initiative these days in learning self-defense techniques and how to use pepper spray for their own self-defense instead of the long-standing tradition of relying on male relatives to accompany them for safety. According to...

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Popular Wildfire Defensive Sprays

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...

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Knockout Game Assaults-Best Defense

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...

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Teen Relationship Abuse

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...

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Parking Lot Assault Victim Dies

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...

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Rate Of Sexual Assaults on Campus Must Decline

This story from the Post-Gazette is an opinion piece about sexual assaults on college campuses. You can read the whole story HERE. The gist of the editorial is that parents have enough to worry about sending their daughter off to college without having to worry about whether or not she will be raped. And of course the young woman is in the...

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