In today's blog post we are doing a review of one of the most popular self-defense products in the marketplace. It is called the Mace Pepper Gel. It has a formulation of 1.4% major capsaicinoids and 10% oleoresin capsicum with 2 million Scoville heat units. It has 20 half-second bursts up to 18 feet away. Like all Mace products it has a...

click for more info Here is an editorial from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania about making college campuses safer. You can read the whole story HERE. "Sexual assault and harassment on college campuses have finally gotten the attention of federal authorities charged with monitoring compliance with Title IX's sex-discrimination prohibition. The U.S. Department of Education has issued guidelines for how schools must respond to sexual...

click for more info Here is a story about how domestic violence shelters pretty much all over the country are at capacity during the recent heat wave. At first that doesn't seem like it should be a contributing factor. But when people get stressed out with high humidity and high temperatures, tempers flare and violence escalates. You can read the whole story...

click for more info As the military tries again to deal with an epidemic of sexual assaults, these three service members have witnessed the problem firsthand. They know what happens when those who are victimized try to report assaults. They have seen commanders look away or worse. You can read the whole story HERE. "The Senate is drafting its annual defense bill...

Statistics show that an inordinate number of assaults and robberies occur in parking lots-specifically mall parking lots and grocery store parking lots. The reason for this may not seem obvious but there is a good reason. Sexual perverts and robbers who do these kinds of assaults prey on women who are distracted coming out of a grocery store or out of a...

click for more info In today's blog post we are doing a product review of the Pepper Blaster II by Kimber. The Pepper Blaster II fires two shots of pepper spray up to 90 miles an hour, which eliminates the possibility of blowback even in gale force winds. It is the only pepper spray that we know of that is equally effective...