Here's a story from the daily record in the United Kingdom, which reports the number of Dog Attacks in Scotland where most victims requiring hospital treatment has doubled in the last 15 years. Most of the victims are children, leaving citizens screaming for action. "The daily record newspaper called on the Scottish Government to take action after a spate of horrific attacks on children." The newspaper campaign is calling for: 1. The return of dog licensing, with stringent suitability tests for prospective dog owners. 2. Dog wardens to police the...

Here is a story from Revelstoke, British Columbia in Canada, a town that has a population of less than 7500 and is located 400 miles east of Vancouver-in other words out in the middle of nowhere. The story is about a wave of how high profile assaults in North America called the Knockout Game. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have been investigating a series of "disturbing, random and violent attacks involving blindsiding a victim with no warning." The object of the "game" is to knock someone out with one...

Here is a story out of London England where the Daily Mail did a story about domestic violence showing that there was a sharp rise in domestic violence in the last quarter of 2013, with a 15.5% increase. Victims suffered abuse at home resulting in a 5.1% rise in the number of attacks with injuries compared to the previous three months. You can read the rest of the story on DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Law enforcement authorities were trying to put a different spin on it saying that it was because more...

One of the most frequent places for women to get assaulted is in parking lots. There's a couple of contributing factors; first of all many parking lots are poorly lit and offer excellent hiding places for the bad guys. Secondly women who are coming out of stores are frequently not paying attention with a variety of distractions. In this story the women were not injured but that is not always the case. Read this whole story HERE. Sometimes it's an assault, sometimes it's a robbery but your life is always...

click for more info In today's post we are talking about the two most popular brands of stun devices For over 20 years Streetwise Stun Guns have been an industry leader in providing consumers with stun devices that all have a lifetime warranty. Their research and development department produces some of the most technologically superior products that are unmatched in innovation. They have perhaps the widest range of products including disguised stun devices that look like cell phones and flashlights, stun batons and more. And many of their products have...

There is a reason why self defense product manufacturers such as Mace, Taser International, Stun Master, Sabre and many others make products that appeal to women. You'll find just about every manufacturer makes pepper sprays or stun devices that come in many colors-pink is always one of them. They also make products that are lighter, smaller and easier to carry specifically for women. Why is that? Women are the targets of attacks in nine out of every 10 cases so they use a self defense product much more often than...

Here's a story from one of the leading newspapers in Toronto, Canada that explains in detail how tasers work. "A Taser works by delivering high voltage — but low amperage — to the human body. A Taser delivers a powerful but temporary shock rather than a sustained and deadly charge." You can read the whole story HERE. "The electricity sends signals to the central nervous system, causing pain and muscle contractions. Most victims fall down, which is why it’s used to subdue people in police altercations." The story goes on...

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 flip top safety cap to prevent accidental spraying. The gel sticks to the assailant's face, prolonging the effects on the assailant. If he tries to rub it away,...