$3.68 Home Made Self Defense Spray

This is a joke... right dude

That may be a joke, but I overheard someone at the gunshop talking about someone carrying a can of wasp and hornet spray in her car because where she lives you cannot leagally carry pepper spray. Ever heard of that as an effective spray?

wasp and hornet spray would definitely work but it's usually in pretty large cans.

Joke?


Why?


I cant speek for ammonia, but like other stated, wasp spray is a mace type substatute. I actually had a cop tell me about it.

Yes this seems a little silly. But if it helps save your life its not. To cwp holders its not really goona happen, but if you dont have your cwp, and are broke, or like others stated, in an area were pel spray is not allowed...

gibson_es said:

Joke?


Why?

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Uh.. seriously?!

A fake plastic gun!? That shoots a tiny, weak, very narrow stream?! That will most likely not shoot correctly with anything but water? And lastly... ammonia!?! :banghead:
Everything is wrong with this idea. Just everything. A soup sandwich makes more since.

Ok. Do it yourself, and sense your so sure it wont work, have someone try and shoot you in the eye. No big deal because its a bad idea and wont work, right? I think at a couple feet this would work. Im not saying its the best option. But i do think its better then absolutly nothing if your not one to be able to fight someone off.

Honestly, bad idea or not. I think you could have expressed your thoughs in a more appropriate manor.

Since it's your idea, it's up to you for the testing.

Whats the point?

You can buy real pepper spray at Walmart for six bucks!

rc

Pepper spray may be cheap, but if it's illegal ( as suggested in this thread, on one post here ), it becomes a lot more expensive. Using a squirt gun to spray a chemical defense isn't very effective at a close range, as it shoots a stream. A garden sprayer with a mist setting would be better for dispersion- except that it may very well blow back your way- a common problem with any kind of a chemical dispersant weapon.

yeah....commercial pepper spray isnt exactly a budget buster...

..ide much rather skip my morning coffee for a few days and buy something that has been proven to be effective, than to be thrifty.....and hope it works.

if pepper spray happens to be illegal.....i honestly think youd have better luck with a tube sock filled with quarters, a stout cane, or even a tall umbrella than you would with a squirt gun filled with ammonia....

ammonia may be unpleasant to get in your eyes.....it stings...and your eyes water a bit......but its not exactly an effective means of stopping a threat

hso said:

Insecticides, while effective, aren't a good idea because of the potential for permanent damage (the myth that it is somehow a violation of Fed law is incorrect) and are bulky.

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On the can of wasp and hornet killer that I have, it clearly states under directions for use "It is a violation of Federal law to use this product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling".

If you used it in that manner there is nothing they can do to you legally?

Shawn

It's been a long long time now, but I still have some dim memories of my water pistol days. It was hard finding one that worked well and lasted. I recall that they leaked and would stop working for no reason. I also clearly recall having one break open in my front pocket while I was riding my purple stingray bike home from the 7-11, I was embarrassed because it looked like I peed in my pants!

I think there's better homemade solutions than water pistols.

I recall that they leaked and would stop working for no reason.

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Fill it with ammonia instead of water and it will leak and stop working even faster I betcha!

rc

Go to a store that sells wide-mouthed jars of Habanero Sauce, like a small salsa jar.

Toss that into the bad guy's face and he won't continue his attack, guaranteed.

I was making up Habanero Salsa from fresh-grown habanero peppers I grew. The juice from my grinding them up was running off the rubber gloves I was wearing (I also had goggles on and a respirator for gaseous fumes). Anyway, the juice got onto my upper arm and I ended up with second-degree burns within minutes, and, by then, it was too late, anything I did hurt, there was nothing I could put on that would cure the pain, or the burn.

You can also grind horseradish. Fresh horseradish fumes are probably worse than the habanero fumes, I know, because I grind horseradish my wife grows in the garden. You cut the root and grind the white root (dirt and dark spots cut out).

Go to a store that sells wide-mouthed jars of Habanero Sauce, like a small salsa jar.

Toss that into the bad guy's face and he won't continue his attack, guaranteed.

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I think that you'd have a better result if you just hit the BG in the face with the jar, any pepper gets into his eyes along with broken glass would be a secondary benefit.

Small can of cheap hairspray.

For home defense you could just keep it in a glass and sling chemicals in an intruders face. BTW Frye's electronics has at times had small key-chain pepper spray cans for like $3.

This whole thread is just, wow...

Muzzle dog repellent OC spray made by Mace. Legal in all 48 continental states.

Allow me to interpret: if you chuff this to get high, it's illegal, and you're a dumbass. Better now?

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It also means you're in violation of federal law if you spray someone in the face with it.

On the one hand I don't advocate breaking the law, but on the other hand if you're being attacked use what's at hand to defend yourself... It basically boils down to this: Is wasp spray (or a squirt gun filled with ammonia, or a jar of habaneros, or ... or ... or...) going to be the most effective defensive weapon at hand?

If you're dead set on making your own improvised defensive weapon, get a bunch of ground red pepper and mix it with vegetable oil, and fill water balloons with it, or put it in a spray bottle that is made for thicker liquids.

Either way, honestly I'd be more comfortable picking up any number of blunt or edged objects around the house in the event that my pistols, rifles and knives are not available for some reason. In public, I carry a cane so that if I am forced to disarm for some reason, I'm not defenseless.