Bought a "less than lethal" launcher with pepper balls. Tried loading it. Ball exploded in the mag after I pat it into the launcher. Should have done better.

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• Fecundpossum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  After spending a lot of years living in a place where having self defense options is a pretty good idea, I’ve learned to stick to the basics.

  Sabre Red pepper spray for when an attacker is unarmed or alone.

  Glock 43x chambered in 9mm for when an attacker is armed.

  Unfortunately in a self defense scenario you have to make very rapid and final decisions while considering how they will be potentially viewed by a jury.

  As cool as the various alternative non-lethal options may seem, they usually don’t stand up to real world usage, which is why police carry traditional sprays, a taser, and a handgun. Those are the tools that work.

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  • Peppycito@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    How often do you draw your gun or pepper spray?

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    • Fecundpossum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      My wife drew the spray when our dog was getting mauled by a stray pit. I never have.

      I’ve drawn my pistol once, no shots needed to be fired, but the other party immediately ceased hostility.

      Is this a genuine question or bait?

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• CaptainMan251@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Also it did burn. I got a very little amount in my lungs and I was hacking

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• tigermountain@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I think the guys running this company are more interested in exploiting a market opportunity for profit rather than they are in making a quality product. Typical entrepreneurs.

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• HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  is that the bannana thing because I find the commercials to annoying to bother following up whatever the heck it is.

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  • CaptainMan251@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

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    This thing?

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    • HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      no sure. the commercials they have the people carrying bannanas and saying what they have is not it. like some law won’t allow them to show it but I know of no such law in my area so feels like a way of trying to causing buzz or something.

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