Loosedhorse
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This put me in mind of the old TV show, The Wild, Wild West; in one episode the hero has been captured, and the arms he was carrying fill a table-top. Comments the villian, "It's a wonder he didn't clank when he walked!"Which is why I carry pepper spray AND a gun (and two knives, a cell phone, a flashlight and impact tools as well).
I'm approving, not making fun. However, I have found myself near the "clank" limit at times. I have stopped carrying pepper spray on my person (I do carry it in the car) except when hiking, running, or biking, when my risk of dog encounters is highest.
The utility of pepper spray must be weighed against your own sensitivity to it. I'm sensitive: if I use it indoors, or with the wind blowing the wrong way, I may have just greatly reduced my ability to defend myself with a gun, if that comes next.
Not saying it couldn't be useful; but when it came down to discarding the spare mag, or the kubotan, or the pepper spray to defeat the "clank", I hung the the pepper spray in the car. (Never even considered discarding the flashlight, cell, knife, or gun.)
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