Email tip from friends!
about WASP SPRAY
Good idea…
If you’ve ever used wasp spray for wasps, you’ll know that it shoots at least up to twenty feet.
I have a friend who is a receptionist in a church in a high risk area who was concerned about someone coming into the office on Monday to rob them when they were counting the offering. She asked the local police department about using pepper spray and they recommended to her that she get a can of wasp spray instead.
The wasp spray, they told her, can shoot up to twenty feet away and is a lot more accurate, while with the pepper spray they have to get too close to you and could overpower you. The wasp spray temporarily blinds an attacker until they get to the hospital for an antidote. She keeps a can on her desk in the office and it doesn’t attract attention from people like a can of pepper spray would. She also keeps one nearby at home for home protection.
Thought this was interesting and might be of use.
Snopes gave this post a mixed review based on potentially dangerous things in Wasp spray, but I think it is an excellent idea as long as Wasp Spray is available. Of course, it should be kept at hand just in case any WASPs attack you! Attacking Wasps deserve to get hurt!
January 16, 2010 at 3:50 PM
Here’s a persuasive argument against using wasp spray. It was posted at http://askville.amazon.com/heard-wasp-spray-oven-cleaner-pepper-means-defense/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=55630421 by a person identified as “SitterCafe.com” on 7/19/09:
“Using any chemical as a weapon (defensively or not) that isn’t designed for the purpose you are using it and which may cause permanent harm could place you in a very disadvantagaeous position. Most states have laws that will allow even a criminal to sue you for assault and/or allow the state to bring criminal charges agaisnt you for using deadly chemicals (or chemicals that can cause permanent damage, like loss of eyesight).
So, why would you even consider risking that liability when approved pepper-spray and tear-gas products are readily available in most drug-stores and conveneint stores (and are relatively inexpensive)?
Then there’s the more obvious questions of practicality…
I’m not aware of any pocket-size, purse-size or key-ring size cans of oven-cleanear or hornet spray being available… carrying around a 16oz can of those products for personal protection is simply ridiculous. Also, oven cleaner sprays have a widte dispersion spray-pattern when employed and do not have an effective reach of more than a a few inches… making them particularly unsuited for the purpose you describe.
And lastly, it is not uncommon for a weapon of self-defense to be used by the attacker/intruder against the victim. In fact, it is extremely common. That means, statistically speaking, that whatever weapon you choose to have at hand could very well end up being used on you.
Bottom line, self-defense is a serious issue and should be treated as such. Education and training is warranted. Seek out a local course on self-defense or ask your local law enforcement agency if they have a pamphlet ot brochure on the matter.”
January 17, 2010 at 5:29 AM
Berry, thanks for the additional info and links!/sc
February 15, 2010 at 3:39 PM
It may be litagous, but better you than him, when it comes to your life or someone elses, it’s human instinct …”Self Preservation”