One of the most overlooked self defense items for women is this PAL keychain alarm with light. It is one of the most popular personal alarms, a.k.a. panic alarms, for women. It combines the two best deterrents against an attack: 130 dB ear piercing alarm and a bright flashing light. You can activate the alarm in two ways; first when the pin...

We will discuss why you should be using Mace for self defense in today's post, but first some background information. Modern day history of pepper spray started in 1973 when the FBI "worked to develop weapons grade material in the 80s". In 1994, the N.Y.P.D. decided to adopt pepper spray as an anti-personnel weapon. So you can see the history of modern...

There are thousands of personal security products available in the marketplace today. Many of them are the nonlethal self-defense items that are booming in popularity. A handgun continues to be the most popular lethal self-defense product. For reasons that we have discussed ad nauseam, many people do not want a lethal product in their house or on their person. It is just part of...

By the time you finish reading this article an average of 8 violent crimes will have taken place throughout the United States. Every 19 seconds in America, a violent crime is committed. The majority of crimes are perpetrated against women. You have likely seen some of the statistics. College coeds have a 20% likelihood of becoming the victim of an attempted or...

If you are the parent of a current or soon to be, female college student, then you need to listen up. The University experience is supposed to be about growth and development but it's also a place where an alarming number of female students will become victims of a sexual assault on campus. A US Justice Department report titled "The Sexual Victimization...

Nonlethal personal protection weapons are among the most popular products sold because assaults on men and women have been steadily increasing over the years. Nonlethal personal protection weapons provide a level of self-defense that is unparalleled by any other product including the lethal handgun. At last count there were an estimated 310 million guns in the United States including 110 million rifles,...