[The Great Fumar]

Home invaders beware! We are armed.
Wasp Spray......

I have a friend who is a receptionist at a church in a high risk
area, who was concerned about someone coming into the office
on Monday to rob them when they were counting the
collection. She asked the local police department about
using pepper spray, and they recommended to her that she get
a can of wasp spray instead. The wasp spray, they told
her, can shoot up to twenty feet away and is a lot more
accurate, while with the pepper spray they have to get too
close to you and could overpower you.



The wasp spray temporarily blinds an attacker until they get to the
hospital for an antidote. She keeps a can on her desk
in the office and it doesn't attract attention from
people like a can of pepper spray would. She also keeps one
nearby at home for home protection. Thought this was
interesting and might be of use...




long range fumar

[livsea2]

Did the police say how much someone has to BUG you before you resort to the wasp spray?

( Sorry I couldn't help it )

[BobKat1]

I hope she doesn't accidentally use it during a police RAID!

[BogeyBoy]

Getting STUNG in a RAID would BUG me.

[collie1228]

I'm going to make a BEELINE to my local hardware store and pick some up!

[JUREK]

You guys should all behive.

[BobKat1]

Nothing worse than a bunch of retirees (or near retirees) with time on their hands.

[billethkid]

wasp spray defense:


However, there are potential legal issues with using wasp spray as a protective device. The letter says "wasp spray temporarily blinds an attacker until they get to the hospital for an antidote." Wasp spray is a poison design to KILL WASP. The active ingredient in most insect sprays including wasp sprays is synthetic pyrethroid, allethin. Pyrethrins are used in many varieties of insecticide, fogging products and in some pet products. Pyrethrins are neurotoxins that attack the nervous systems of all insects. Care should be taken when using this substance around humans and animals. Overdose and toxicity can result in a variety of symptoms, especially in pets, including drooling, lethargy, muscle tremors, vomiting, seizures and death. Toxicity symptoms in humans include asthmatic breathing, sneezing, nasal stuffiness, headache, nausea, in coordination, tremors, convulsions, facial flushing and swelling, and burning, itching sensation, or worse.

Given that the United States is the most litigious cultures, you could find yourself sued if you used Wasp Spray and it did harm. Stranger things have happened. Many of the sprays actually give a warning that its violation of Federal law to use the product other than for what is was intended for. In some jurisdiction it is actually illegal to use any form of self-defense other than pepper spray. For example look at the Michigan Penal Code. If it a matter of you or them, use what you have to use. However, if you planned to use it, it could be see as premeditated.

We can conclude that you are better to stick with pepper spray as the choice of personal protection. There are cities that have stores that sell it, and you can almost always get it over the internet, except in those states where it can only be purchased in state. Pepper Spray is a legal and typically non-lethal form of self defense that has a sufficient range to offer you the protection you need.


btk

[PR1234]

geeeezzzzzzzzz....I get SO tired of having to protect the criminal

[The Great Fumar]

YAAAAAAANNNNNNN !!!!

I COULD CARE LESS IF HE WIGGLES A LITTLE.............
Why is it that their is always someone that has to look everything up on snopes and pass it off as literary genius...........
If someone comes at me with a weapon with the intent ..... then I'll use whatever I can get my hands on ............including this Hand grenade that I use for a watchfobb.............

Big Bang Theory Fumar

[Boomer]

Originally Posted by The Great Fumar

YAAAAAAANNNNNNN !!!!

I COULD CARE LESS IF HE WIGGLES A LITTLE.............
Why is it that their is always someone that has to look everything up on snopes and pass it off as literary genius...........
If someone comes at me with a weapon with the intent ..... then I'll use whatever I can get my hands on ............including this Hand grenade that I use for a watchfobb.............

Big Bang Theory Fumar

Yep. Lock and Load.

Soooooo what you're saying, Fumar, is that's not a banana in your pocket.

BOOMer

[The Great Fumar]

DAY-O, DAY-A -A-OOOOOO


till-de-mornin comes. fumar

[Boomer]

Originally Posted by The Great Fumar

DAY-O, DAY-A -A-OOOOOO


till-de-mornin comes. fumar

Hey, Mister tally mon, tally up those rounds

Daylight come and I wanna....................

Ohhhhhh, uh oh, Fumar. Daylight come and I still will not be able to get that song out of my head.

Chiquita Calypso BOOMer

[billethkid]

that reaches further than wasp spray....so for me wasp spray is too close contact for me. Drop 'em with the door knob in their hand!!!!!!!!

Twas google not snopes....I thought all along literary genius had a much higher threshold....

btk

[F16 1UB]

Tear em up. Bite em. Grrrrrr!!!!!