Thought I’d let you all know that you can pick up a free “quick release” keychain pepper spray at Safety Enforcement.com.  This a great value and comes shipped with any order of $25 in products  and choosing USPS Priority Mail. 

As you’ve read my posts, many times I’ve relayed my opinion that pepper spray is the best self defense product you can have in your arsenal to stop attackers or slow them down long enough to make a retreat or a counter-attack.

It blinds the assailant and chokes them up instantly.  It works against aggressive animals as well! MSRP is $9.95 for this handy item and you can have it free with your order of $25 of any other products sold on the website.

If you’ve ever wanted to secretly record someone’s behavior and let them or someone else see how they really are then you’re in luck. Check out this Hidden Pen Video Camera / Mini DVR / Thumb Drive with an Audio Microphone and full video/audio playback!

The is a super small camera with a mini DVR and records all the action you might need to confront a boss, spouse, child or friend. Sometimes we need to see ourselves as other people do and it can be a life changing experience. 

The Hidden Pen camera even writes like a normal pen. There are no drivers or outside power sources needed. It will charge when plugged into the wall and when it’s plugged into the computer. It’s a perfect hidden camera for discreet “body worn” applications!

Just click this hidden pen video camera like you would any ball point pen to start recording. You can record for a full two hours on just a single charge. Recordings can be downloaded later or whenever desired, via high speed USB 2.0 to your PC for viewing and storing.

You can also use it as a thumb drive to move files from one computer to another. The pen camera holds 2 Gigs of files in storage.

There are a multitude of purposes for this item – it might be just what you need!

If you are going to visit or go out hiking and camping in country populated with Bear, you really NEED a canister of Guard Alaska Bear Spray. If you’ve read any of our previous articles on animal attacks, I’ve mentioned that the one item that individuals or trainers will use, that stops or deters animal aggression, is always Pepper Spray.

Guard Alaska  Bear Pepper Spray is proven by studies and endorsed as the only animal repellent that is effective against all species of Bears. Another effective bear deterrent spray from a trusted manufacturer is - Mace Brand Bear Spray.

After watching nightly TV shows on the destructive power of a bear’s bite, it’s probably silly to live or camp in bear country without one of these very useful bear repellents.

You may not like or be able to legally carry a firearm, so these bear pepper sprays would be the logical choice.  Much like a firearm, these sprays can be deployed from a distance, before you’re actually mauled.  It makes sense to me!

Just posting a quick note to let you know that SafetyEnforcement.com is offering a great product right now.  It’s on sale and I  recommend it a “must have” self defense product.

Cops use Mace to subdue the most violent criminals who won’t comply.  Why? Because it flat out works.  The results are immediate and will stop an attack before it get’s started.  Mace is tough stuff and has a proven track record in the field as the top gun in defense sprays.

Police Mace is on sale right now and for the price of lunch, you can arm yourself with this highly effective product. It has a blend of OC pepper, CN tear gas and a UV marking dye to assist the police in making a positive identification!

This Police Mace combo carries 18 grams – allows you 10 one second bursts and sprays up to 8 – 12 feet!  That’s the range of pocket guns or “belly guns.”

If you’re not convinced of the awesome stopping power of Mace, browse on over to YouTube and type in “Mace” or “Maced” and watch some people taking a blast of this stuff in the face and you’ll be convinced.  I wouldn’t mislead you on this one. It’s a superb self defense product, is non-lethal and stops aggression immediately

I just took ownership of the Kahr PM9 and it’s my first polymer frame pistol.  I have found it to be a sheer joy to carry and extremely accurate and fun to shoot.

My Kahr PM9 came packed in a heavy coating of “goop” from the factory.  After cleaning it thoroughly it was very challenging to reassemble.  It took several attempts, but I finally got it back together.  After firing the mandatory test rounds and performing the subsequent cleaning and lubrication, the reassembly took only a few minutes.

The sight picture is excellent and the double action only firing system was a pleasure and the trigger slack was taken up easily and then broke crisply without any effort at all.  Much lighter than any revolver I’ve ever owned or fired before and this eliminated the need for safeties which can slow one down in a crisis situation.

Well, I got my 200 break-in shots fired today.  Fired 135 rds and it got brutal towards the end, my hand was sore and my head felt like it had silly putty inside rather than a brain!  I used plugs and should have worn muffs.
 
I went to the gun shop and was unable to obtain the Speer Gold Dots.  He had a bunch of 147grn stuff, some 115 which may have been acceptable, but I opted for his three types of 124grn stuff – Remington Golden Saber (fired high and left, hard recoil), MagTech (soft recoil but high left also) and Federal Hydra-Shok (shot in the 3.5 inch bullseye, 4 of 5 rounds).
 
The first two brands were close enough to kill someone but the Hydra-Shoks were “between the eyes” tight.  All fired from between 30 – 35 feet.  Mostly 35 ft shots since an old brick smokehouse stands at the 30ft mark and by backing up, the muzzle blast was less deafening.
 
The 115 grn ball WWB is very accurate as well, but no expansion.  Home reloading for many years tells me that a 115 grn may lower the point of impact, since the bullet exits a micro-second before any muzzle rise can affect shot placement, so I’ll be trying some of those too.
 
No hitches at all, and I have surpassed my 200 rds and then some change to boot.  Only wear I see is a small smudge of rub on the top of the barrel (when looking directly down – on the barrel through the open top of the ejection port) right in front of the slide.  No peening just a small rub where the square top of the bbl,  narrows down, right at the bbl-meets-slide area.  That was normal, I was told by the gunsmith that owns the gun shop where I bought the bullets and not to worry about it.  Sounds right!
 
I’m going to clean that cannon and try to forget about it for a few days!  I don’t see how guys can rip off a couple of hundred rds with one at a time without getting their hands beat up a little bit.  My right hand was sore for awhile!

Need an edge in a self defense situation?  Are you looking for something a little nastier than a canister of pepper spray or a stun gun?  You might want to consider a telescopic steel baton.  These weapons are standard issue and carried by most police officers and trained private security guards.

What’s excellent about telescopic steel batons are that they collapse into their own handles, but with a flick of your wrist you can snap one open with the use of gravity.

Unlike more innocuous self defense products, these lightweight steel batons can be controlled by the user and be used for anything from simple compliance to a down and out  lethal weapon.  The force used and the target area selected are considerations of how much damage can be inflicted upon an assailant or a criminal perpetrator.

One little trick that I’d like to acquaint new users with, is the closure of these batons.  They lock into place when snapped open but when they need to be closed, you can give yourself a fit trying to drive one back onto the handle.  The key to closing one easily is to give the tip a short, sharp, rap – at a 45 degree angle.

Perform this against a hard surface to unlock the mechanism, then simply hold it upside down and drive it smartly downward in a vertical motion and the baton closes easily.  Try closing one without the angled tap of the baton’s tip and you’ll be in for one heck of a time trying to close one.  Cheers!

There are many owners of telescopic steel batons.  They are lightweight and easy to carry since they telescope out for quick use and after giving them a tap on a hard surface, will retract back into the handle.

This makes for a small but very destructive self defense weapon. Being an extension of your own hand, one can easily employ one for use with relative ease.  Use the concept of a fly-swatter for instance, anyone can use one with pretty effective results right? 

A steel baton is used exactly the same way – anyone can use one!  Now, there’s an end cap on these babies, that can be unscrewed and replaced by a high intensity LED flashlight tip which allows you to turn it on (like a mag-light) and get 6,000 hours of illumination with long life batteries that are included. You’ll have a marked advantage when investigating a sound or meeting an attacker with this hand accessory attached.

You can imagine the advantage of having a free hand and the other, which holds the baton in a striking position, shining a high intensity LED light right into the eyes of an attacker or home intruder. At under $10 a pop, this little attachment is a “no brainer” add-on if you already own or purchase a steel baton!

Continuing on the theme of securing your home from burglars, I’d like to suggest another inexpensive yet effective alarm.  Called the Slide Away Alarm for windows, doors and sliding doors. This little beauty will not only frighten off burglars and draw attention to a break-in attempt, it will also alert you if you’re inside the home as well.

It protects by using magnetic affinity.  What this means is that a small actuator strip is mounted on the edge of the door, window or sliding door and the alarm unit is mounted on the frame, directly opposite from the strip.  They have a magnetic affinity to each other and when broken, the alarm unit on the door or window frame will sound an extremely loud 105 decibel alarm.  It  will not shut off unless you disarm it, making it very effective.

It is powered by three button cell lithium batteries (which are included) and has an arm / disarm switch which makes it very cost effective in both purchase and usage prices. The alarm is about 1.5 inches wide and 2.5 inches high.  The actuator strip is .5 inches wide and just over 2 inches high.  They come in black or white and can be mounted at any height that you choose, such as near the floor, standing level or near the top of the window or door.  They over-deliver for the small price tag!

As an addition to my previous post, I thought I’d add one of the cheapest and effective methods of thwarting burglars from making off with your most precious valuables.

A burglar wants to toss the dwelling and grab everything in plain sight and get out as quickly as possible.  You may not have the money for a sophisticated and securely installed safe, but anyone can afford a diversion safe.  These are safes that look and are weighted like common household goods.  Shaving cream, fruit cocktail, carpet cleaner and so on.

What an amazing way to thwart a burglar – hiding your cash, jewelry and other valuables amongst your common household canned goods!

You may have teens in the home and don’t want to leave your narcotic medication out where they or their friends might be tempted to swipe some.  We don’t want that.  Put them in your handy diversion safe. 

The key to using these safes is secrecy.  If no one but you or perhaps your spouse knows about the diversion safe, the more effective it will be.  Try one out – you won’t be disappointed!