Should Pepper Spray Be In Your Everyday Carry Arsenal?

By James England

Check your everyday carry load-out real quick. What’s in it? If you’re anything like our typical readers, you’ll likely have the following:

• Concealed carry handgun & permit
• Spare magazine
• Flashlight
• Pocket knife

Now how about adding yet one more thing to the load-out? Well, in this article, we’ll talk about whether or not pepper spray should be that additional tool in your self-defense arsenal.

Pepper spray is a non-lethal weapon that can be sprayed into the eyes and mucous membranes of an attacker to temporarily blind or incapacitate him.

A beefier cousin, OC spray, is generally carried on the belts of quite a few law enforcement officers and military policemen. The reason why it’s so effective is it severely irritates the eyes, nose, throat, and lungs to the point that a person cannot persist in an aggressive action and has to predominantly focus on mitigating the excruciating pain.

Yes, pepper spray hurts a lot. Outside of those with respiratory ailments, it offers considerably low risk of permanent injury.

As a concealed carry tool, pepper spray is often the first step for someone who wants to protect himself but doesn’t want to use deadly force. For those of us who understand the world a bit better, we know that nothing …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation