There we all were worrying about how on earth we were going to cope with the ever rising crime rate in the city… about what we’d do if someone attacked us right out of the blue or how we could possibly protect ourselves from those lecherous eve teasers…
And the answer’s been sent to us by the Heavens… and that too in a tiny can… pepper spray!!!
So listen up all you hapless victims of a cruel world. The next time someone sticks a dagger in your spine and asks for all your money, just do a Jackie Chan on him - swivel 180 degrees on your heel, dish into your pocket or handbag and douse him with a generous doze of pepper spray.
Only, it sounds a little far-fetched, doesn’t it? In the time it’ll take you to do all of that, he will have plunged the knife into you and left it there like it’s always been a part of your anatomy.
If the attacker has a revolver, you’re in even more luck. Even if you do happen to have the spray handy, by the time you’ll manage to spray into his eyes, he will have fired a round into your gut. Or if you’re lucky enough to beat him to it, don’t forget, his weapon has quite a firing range while yours only works if you’re in your attacker’s face!
Shopkeepers take heart; you still have your shop counters to duck under, so you can protect yourself for… what… three seconds… and use that time to scrounge around for the spray can. You get up, and there he is waiting for you to have complied with his order of “Hand over the cash”.
Women, the eve teaser’s going to stand by and wait for you to react after he’s done messing with your dignity. So at least you can see plausible cause for buying this practical self-defence item.
Get real. It’s only a gimmick. And unless you plan on strutting around town with the spray can in your hand like you’re some cologne salesperson at a mall, there’s slim chance it’ll ever be of much use.
But if it allays your fear at some higher, psychological level, go ahead shop away!!!
And the answer’s been sent to us by the Heavens… and that too in a tiny can… pepper spray!!!
So listen up all you hapless victims of a cruel world. The next time someone sticks a dagger in your spine and asks for all your money, just do a Jackie Chan on him - swivel 180 degrees on your heel, dish into your pocket or handbag and douse him with a generous doze of pepper spray.
Only, it sounds a little far-fetched, doesn’t it? In the time it’ll take you to do all of that, he will have plunged the knife into you and left it there like it’s always been a part of your anatomy.
If the attacker has a revolver, you’re in even more luck. Even if you do happen to have the spray handy, by the time you’ll manage to spray into his eyes, he will have fired a round into your gut. Or if you’re lucky enough to beat him to it, don’t forget, his weapon has quite a firing range while yours only works if you’re in your attacker’s face!
Shopkeepers take heart; you still have your shop counters to duck under, so you can protect yourself for… what… three seconds… and use that time to scrounge around for the spray can. You get up, and there he is waiting for you to have complied with his order of “Hand over the cash”.
Women, the eve teaser’s going to stand by and wait for you to react after he’s done messing with your dignity. So at least you can see plausible cause for buying this practical self-defence item.
Get real. It’s only a gimmick. And unless you plan on strutting around town with the spray can in your hand like you’re some cologne salesperson at a mall, there’s slim chance it’ll ever be of much use.
But if it allays your fear at some higher, psychological level, go ahead shop away!!!
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