Self Defense Products Are The Right Choice, Make Sure Your Body Is Safe
October 31, 2008 by AlphaMan
When we think of Self Defense Weapons these days usually one thing comes to mind… That’s pepper spray. But when we think of pepper spray, we are thinking of the most modern use of this substance . It has been in existence for a long time . No, maybe not in the same convenient form that we know of today but the basis was still there same.
To understand how pepper stay has been around so long you must first understand the makeup of pepper spray . A lot of people believe that pepper spray is some crazy chemical compoundmade of all sorts of crazy stuff and the only reason the word pepper is used is so it sounds nicer. This is by no means the case . The makeup is very simple it is an extract of oleoresin capsicum from the chili pepper. For the most part is all nature but it can be concentrated making it very powerful.
Now that we know where pepper spray actually comes from we can understand how it has been used for so long. All the way back to the ancient days in China. It was not uncommon for hot pepper s to beground down and used as a means of self defense . The extreme burning and blinding of oleoresin capsicum made it a perfect weapon for close quarters combat. In fact it can even be traced to some early ninjas. It was very apparent from early on that pepper spray was a highly powerful tool for defending yourself .
In the 1960′s pepper spray starting moving towards the modern version that we all know . During that era there was a lot of research and development that went into designing developing different nerve agents such as tear gas. As a result of all this research there were several different types of crowd control agents developed including pepper spray.
In the 1980′s it was marketed under the name Halt Animal Repellentand was found very useful by postal workers to defend themselves from dogs. Pepper spray was soon picked up by hunters and forestry agents as a keep themselves safe from wild animals. Still at this time it was not widely use by the public.
It wasn’t until the 1990s that pepper spraybegan to be well know among regular people . The FBI promoted it as an effective crowd control method and soon thousands of police forces adopted it. Once it was standard issue forthe majority of law officers it moved its way to the general product. By then it had been made much more convenient to own pepper spray due to the small sizes of the containers. You also didn’t have to worry about where to buy pepper spray because many stored took it on. It made it a very easy self defense option for many men and women.
Even today pepper spray still stands as the most popular self defense weapon out there . It comes in many different shapes and sizes starting small with a keychain pepper spray, then moving up to mid size bottles for your purse or pocket and finally you have the extra large sizes for your home or business.
Pepper spray is an extremely effective way to keep yourself safe. It packs a huge punch and will take down almost any attacker. I defiantly recommend it to everybody.


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