17-Year-Old Danish Girl Uses Pepper Spray to Fight off Attacker, But She is the One Facing Charges

By Guns ‘n’ Freedom

With so many anti-gun lawmakers in US politics who want our legal system to be more like Europe and the rest of the world, this story should be a striking reminder of what it’s really like across the pond.

A 17-year-old girl was physically and sexually attacked in central Sønderborg on Wednesday at around 10pm. So she used the only weapon she had to fight off her attacker, a can of pepper spray.

Most of us would consider this a fairly innocuous way to defend one’s self, but she is now in legal hot water while her attacker is on the loose.

According to thelocal.dk,

The girl was able to save herself from further assault by using pepper spray on the attacker, but now she may be the one who ends up in legal trouble.

“It is illegal to possess and use pepper spray, so she will likely be charged for that,” local police spokesman Knud Kirsten told TV Syd.

The case has sparked a backlash among some Danes who point to increasing reports of sexual harassment in Sønderborg and other Danish cities at the same time that police say they are stretched too thin to properly carry out their duties.

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