Self defense products are not lethal in nature. Its purpose is to allow the user time to escape a potentially life-threatening situation and seek help from injuring or maiming themselves.
Law enforcement agencies across the country, indeed around the world, use a wide range of self-defense products, including stun guns, pepper sprays, tear gas, batons, and tasers. Tasers, for example, are used by more than 11,000 law enforcement agencies as of November 2007.
National Guard forces and military units in the United States and military agencies around the world use self-defense products such as pepper spray, tear gas, batons for crowd control and general law enforcement.
BECAUSE? It’s easy to explain THEY WORK.
Self defense products provide another alternative to deadly force. As such, they save lives.
WHY SHOULD YOU HAVE ONE?
Crime is increasing across the country. Law enforcement agencies are being stretched beyond capacity due to shortages of qualified personnel and, in some cases, financial cuts.
Here are some facts that every parent of a college-age child should know.
–One in four women will be sexually assaulted on a college campus.
–One in eight women will be raped while in college.
–84% of women who were raped knew their attacker.
–57% of rapes occur on a date.
–75% of male students and 55% of female students involved in date rape had been drinking or using drugs.
These are the reported figures. There is plenty of data to suggest that most rapes go unreported. One study showed that only 5% of victims of rape or attempted rape report it to the university police.
But EVERY woman is a potential target for these perverted assailants. A round occurs every 29 seconds. Most sexual assaults can be avoided by using some common sense and being armed with the knowledge of what to avoid and armed with some non-lethal self defense weapons.
According to Bureau of Justice statistics, 17 percent of women can expect to be raped in their lifetime. In 2004, for every 1000 people there is one rape or sexual assault, two assaults with injuries and 2 robberies; that’s a one in five chance that you’ll be next.
When you stop to think about how often assault, sexual assault, or rape occurs, the statistics are staggering and frightening.
WHO NEEDS PERSONAL DEFENSE PRODUCTS?
Who do you know who could use a self defense product to defend themselves in the event of an attack? Your wife, girlfriend, daughter, aunt, YOU? The fact is, almost everyone on this list could use some help.
Walkers, runners, joggers, or anyone who likes to be outdoors. You position yourself as a potential target just because of what you like to do.
Shift workers, locksmiths, repo agents, fugitive recovery agents, or anyone else who may work unusual hours and be exposed to hazards because of their work. Anyone who does off-site banking for their business, day and night managers, OTR drivers, delivery drivers, and anyone who drives for a living are at elevated risk.
Education professionals, medical professionals, real estate professionals, business owners, homemakers, single working women, college students, all are at higher than average risk because of their jobs and who they are: women.
Not everyone needs a self defense product. Only those who work or are retired; only those who own their own business or work for someone else; only those who rent or own their own home; only those who are single or married need them.
Everyone else is probably fine.