Petition to legalise pepper spray.

No, I will not be signing, it can too easily get into the wrong hands, people with mental heath and thugs. Too many people will be harmed.

Strange this post came up. I actually watched a very good self defence video last night and they also had one for if you walk with a stick too. I'm not saying I'd not be taken by surprise but, it was a very useful video. to watch. Loads of self defence videos on there.

Ilovedogs22

Regarding cheap & nasty perfume sprays I have one in my
bum-bag (essence of pong ) when walking my old dog in order to fend- off any random dogs that may attack him.
This following -on from a unprovoked attack by a Bull-terrier type in the park! Regarding a human attack; my DH has shown me a few moves but I'd probably end-up just screaming & running, which is my pathetic default mode, alas!

I once fended off a dog that attacked me in the park when I was eating my lunch by pouring Lucozade over its head.

paddyann54

Would it be controlled who can buy it? Otherwise no I won’t sign
Think of the horrors if young thugs or men on the prowl could use this on their victims .
No thank you.

I'm with paddyann.

Something to be aware of is that a woman with any sort of self defence item risks being overpowered by her attacker, and having her weapon used against her. In the past, when we were allowed to have guns, I always resisted the temptation to keep a loaded gun around when my husband was away. because I didn't fancy being faced with an intruder who might get the gun away from me. (We lived in a very remote cottage at the time)

Oh Magenta8, well done, great initiative regarding use of delicious,sticky yellow beverage. My husband carries a heavy
retractable- lead; which is both useful as a lead but also good for
wacking aggressive dogs or humans for that matter.
Thinking back to 15-20 years ago; the only really scary dogs were Alsations or maybe a hulky Mastiff.
It makes me cross that even the beloved pleasure of walking the Dog has become tainted & spoilt by ,@##%! and their equally
#%&#!! dogs. 😬

I felt awful about doing it despite the circumstances. The dog was attacking me not just trying to get my lunch, it had its jaws round my arm. The owner threatened to set the RSPCA onto me. Needless to say I never visited that park again.

How would you stop thugs from buying these sprays?