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Anyone carry pepper spray while riding?
Not so much for dogs ... I'll either spray some Gatorade on them or wack them
with my pump ... but more for when encountering rowdy kids just starting their summer vacation, have had a few too many cans of beer, and getting just a little too abusive while half hanging out of the window of their friend's car. Had such an encounter tonight while out riding about 10:30pm (sometimes 'ya gotta ride whenever you can). Now, I'm a big guy (6'5" and 200+ lbs) and normally don't get harrassed, but every once and a while I come across some buzzed social bottom feeder feeling brave and is ready to take on the 'faggy bicyclist'. My normal reaction is to flip them the finger, or give them a stream of expletives and some suggestions of physical impossible feats, but I fear that some hot night, when I'm out riding, I'll come across someone looking for a fight and I'm thinking that the full water bottle I bounce off their car will just entice them more and I'm going to need an edge (something legal). Anyone carry pepper spray? Ever use it? What kind? Thanks. jw Milwaukee |
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Anyone carry pepper spray while riding?
"J999w" schreef in bericht ... Anyone carry pepper spray? Ever use it? What kind? Thanks. jw Milwaukee http://www.roseversand.de/rose_main....=0&vip=0&art=0 |
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Anyone carry pepper spray while riding?
Anyone carry pepper spray? Ever use it? What kind? Ruger GP-100 4in barrel, stainless. 148gr. FJHP Federal Hydroshock Gun control - The ability to put two rounds through the same hole. |
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Anyone carry pepper spray while riding?
I carry Halt to deal with dogs, but my Air Zound horn works just as well. I
suppose the Halt would work pretty well against two legged predators, but my tiny little North American Arms 22 revolver will work better. |
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Anyone carry pepper spray while riding?
Gooserider wrote:
I carry Halt to deal with dogs, but my Air Zound horn works just as well. I suppose the Halt would work pretty well against two legged predators, but my tiny little North American Arms 22 revolver will work better. What kind of ammo do you carry in that thing for dogs? Snake shot? |
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Anyone carry pepper spray while riding?
"Gooserider" wrote in message om... I carry Halt to deal with dogs, but my Air Zound horn works just as well. I suppose the Halt would work pretty well against two legged predators, but my tiny little North American Arms 22 revolver will work better. With all due respect, your NAA mini revolver is a cute, fun little toy, but I would hope you would never consider one to be a serious defense weapon. Dave |
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Anyone carry pepper spray while riding?
Raoul Duke wrote:
"Gooserider" wrote in message om... I carry Halt to deal with dogs, but my Air Zound horn works just as well. I suppose the Halt would work pretty well against two legged predators, but my tiny little North American Arms 22 revolver will work better. With all due respect, your NAA mini revolver is a cute, fun little toy, but I would hope you would never consider one to be a serious defense weapon. Dave Well, in context, if I had to choose only one between a can of Halt!, an air horn, or a NAA .22 revolver, I'd take the (tiny) revolver over the other two choices, although I think that there are much better choices for a carry gun available. Dogs are usually pretty easy to scare off, so I'd probably prefer to have two choices, one for two-legged perpetrators, and one for the four-legged kind. Oddly enough, the thought of shooting a dog disturbs me a great deal more than a person. I'd much prefer to use a non-lethal form of persuasion on our four-legged friends. Regards, H. |
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"Raoul Duke" wrote in message ... "Gooserider" wrote in message om... I carry Halt to deal with dogs, but my Air Zound horn works just as well. I suppose the Halt would work pretty well against two legged predators, but my tiny little North American Arms 22 revolver will work better. With all due respect, your NAA mini revolver is a cute, fun little toy, but I would hope you would never consider one to be a serious defense weapon. Dave I wouldn't want to get shot with one. It's a last ditch option which fits nicely in a jersey pocket. Is it the equal of my Kahr P9? No. But a single 22 shot is likely to be enough to deter anybody. Or at least give me time to get away. Mike |
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Anyone carry pepper spray while riding?
Raoul Duke wrote:
"Gooserider" wrote in message om... I carry Halt to deal with dogs, but my Air Zound horn works just as well. I suppose the Halt would work pretty well against two legged predators, but my tiny little North American Arms 22 revolver will work better. With all due respect, your NAA mini revolver is a cute, fun little toy, but I would hope you would never consider one to be a serious defense weapon. Dave Actually, pop somebody in the head with that little .22 bullet and it will turn someones brain into scrambled eggs. You see it just bounces around inside there without coming back out. Kind of like what happened to Brady when Hinkley shot him. |
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Anyone carry pepper spray while riding?
J999w wrote:
Anyone carry pepper spray? Ever use it? What kind? I started carrying Halt! after a homeless guy took a swing at me with his cane as I was riding by (he missed). I never did use it though. I was using that clip they make for it and about 6 months after I bought it, it fell off when I was on a long fast downhill. I haven't replaced it. I recomend not using that clip. I seem to get more threats from drivers who can roll their windows up and render it ineffective. Loose dogs are rare where I ride. |
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