3 Types Of Self Defense Weapons

Non Lethal Self Defense include pepper spray, stun guns and tasers.

* Pepper sprays generate chemical heat that, when sprayed on the face, causes inflammation of the mucus membranes in the eyes, nose, throat and lungs of your attacker. Severe pain as well as the inability to open their eyes or catch their breath allows you to get away. Pepper spray must be targeted towards the face for it to be effective. Wind conditions can make it difficult to aim and may cause it to backfire on you. On the other hand, pepper spray is the most concealable among all self defense weapons. They are often very small and some are even disguised as everyday items such as a lipstick or a pager, perfect self defense for women.

* Stun guns use electrical voltage to stop an attacker. The voltage from a stun gun disrupts the neurological impulses from the brain to the muscles, rendering your attacker temporarily paralyzed. The down side to a stun device is that your attacker has to be right in your face before you can use the weapon against them.

* TASER devices work like stun guns but instead of engaging your attacker in close quarters, you can discharge electric voltage from your TASER from distances as far as 15 feet. Stun guns and TASERs are effective almost anywhere on the body, so if you are attacked from behind or surprised, you don’t need to take aim as you would with pepper sprays.