What are Pepper Spray Guns and How Do They Work? Although many people are aware that pepper spray exists, some do not know that pepper spray guns exist. They are a nice self-protection option for homes everywhere. Benefits of Pepper Spray Guns Speed, Range and Safety With pepper spray guns, a round can travel around 300 feet per second. This is a very quick speed when you are trying to defend yourself or your home. The rounds can travel 150 feet or more for each round. This means that...
Simply put, pepper spray makes sense as a self-defense weapon. The prevalence of crime is on the increase throughout the United States. In the five minutes or so it takes you to read this article 3 women will fall victim to sexual assault! We are all vulnerable. How will you protect yourself? Pepper spray is an effective self-defense weapon that is both legal and non-lethal. Many of us are not comfortable carrying a handgun and even if you are, the legal liabilities can be life changing. In every self-defense scenario...
Fox Labs 5.3 Defensive Spray is simply one of the most effective self-defense pepper sprays on the market today. It is comprised of a formulation of 5.3 million Scoville Heat Units (SHUs). A Scoville Heat Unit is a measurement of the spicy heat of chili peppers or other spicy foods and is a function of capsaicin concentration. It was named after his creator a pharmacist named Wilbur Scoville. Oleoresin capsicum is the resin of one of the hottest peppers in the world. Capsaicin concentration is one of the most accurate...
Fox Labs was established in 1992 to manufacture and market the best less than lethal self-defense spray products available to the civilian market. In 1998 they introduced a 2% OC formula that measures 5.3 million SHU's making it the hottest pepper spray anywhere. They quickly realized that with a new formula they could market them to law enforcement agencies. As of this writing, Fox defensive pepper sprays are used by more law enforcement agencies in the United States and throughout the world than any other brand. The same high quality...
Sabre brand defensive sprays is a name that may not be familiar to you. One of the reasons for that may be because most of their customers are law enforcement organizations both in the United States and foreign countries. The United States Federal Bureau of Prisons, the NYPD, the Department of Defense, the New Zealand National Police, Scandinavian Police forces and other top organizations of law enforcers around the globe are all customers. The 39 year-old company's slogan is "making grown men cry since 1975." The family owned company specializes...
What is oleoresin capsicum? It is a funny sounding name; actually two words that comprise the essence of pepper spray. The two words are; oleoresin which means an oil holding resin in solution, and capsaicin which is the active ingredient in peppers that makes them hot. Capsaicin is the major ingredient in creams and lotions “commonly marketed to relieve muscle and joint pain.” To rephrase it, oleoresin capsicum is the resin of one of the hottest peppers in the world, the cayenne-combined with water, glycol and a propellant such as...
This is a story from Reuters news service about campus Sexual Assaults and how the White House is pressing U.S. Colleges and Universities to do more to curb these assaults. Part of the national effort is to establish new website NotAlone.gov to help victims find resources and report crimes. This comes after a three-month study on how to curb sexual assaults on college campuses. "Colleges and universities need to face the facts about sexual assault. No more turning a blind eye or pretending it doesn't exist," Vice President Joe Biden...
This is an article out of a magazine that caters to teenagers about sexual assaults on college campuses. You can read the whole story HERE. We have been writing this topic for close to 10 years now, but it's finally starting to get some traction in support all the way up to the White House was Pres. Obama calling on schools across the country to address the problem. He created a task force known as the White House Council on women and girls. At the same time that was happening...