Pepper Spray And Tear Gas
<div class="IPBDescription">How effective are they?</div> I just bought a unit tonight and was wondering *how* effective they are.
I saw this show on TV where 2 cops that both had pepper spray blasted at this big black guy, but he still managed to beat the crap out of the 2 policemen. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I saw this show on TV where 2 cops that both had pepper spray blasted at this big black guy, but he still managed to beat the crap out of the 2 policemen. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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lol
it kinda hurt. it was like i couldnt stop crying.. like teary... but it didnt stop me so much really..
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it kinda hurt. it was like i couldnt stop crying.. like teary... but it didnt stop me so much really.. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
What did you do this time? Start a riot? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Pepper spray's a fairly safe bet for self-defense. I've never actually been tear gased, so I can't tell you about that one. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
What's really amazing is how we'd all get right back on the street after the cop maced us and set fires again, but as soon as one of them came through shouting "DOG ON THE STREET," we cleared like the Red Sea when Moses jabbed his staff in it!
lol
it kinda hurt. it was like i couldnt stop crying.. like teary... but it didnt stop me so much really.. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
What did you do this time? Start a riot? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
no this was a while ago...
and no it was just the police officer.. couldnt keep his cool... and when i told him to calm down and stop shoutin.. i just got a shot of it...
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it kinda hurt. it was like i couldnt stop crying.. like teary... but it didnt stop me so much really.. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
What did you do this time? Start a riot? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
no this was a while ago...
and no it was just the police officer.. couldnt keep his cool... and when i told him to calm down and stop shoutin.. i just got a shot of it... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Oh right. I had an image in my mind of a riot control vehicle in the middle of the high street and police officers firing tear gas grenades into an angry crowd while their collegues try to hold them off with shields <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I watch the news too much. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Those will knock a 20 stone man clean off his feet so I'm not surprised it hurt lol
There are different levels of Pepper spray too. Ranging from the large sticky foamy spray to the very fine mist (all of which can blow back at you)
Using pepperspray inside , even a large room and it will suck for everyone to some extent.
I get to be blasted with it for job training and when it hits you it feels like someone is sticking both there fingers into your eyes turning them around and leaving them in there.
All your mucas membranes go hyperactive and you gush snot and its heard to breath lol.
Even when u dunk your head into the water bucket at the end and just sit around waiting for it to wear off it sucks. Later when i was in the shower afterwords the pepperspray particles that was still in my hair ran down into my eyes and the pepper spray pwneage started all over again. >_<
Most likely the guy that got blasted that had no affect was on drugs or something. thus stopping the so called "pain chemicals" in his brain from functionaling correctly. Like with PCP or some other Speed type drug. Thats usualy the case but its very rare.
Some police departments have swtiched over to TASER units. They look like small hand guns and they shoot out 2 wire steal prongs that stick themselves into the person and WHAM! One of the polcie sergants i Know (250 pounds of muscle) got to be the test subject. He fell over like and Onos hit hit him. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
LOL! What an image!
I didn't know we had any policemen on the forums. Good to have someone with experience in this speaking on it.
Ouch! You damm riot starter, twisted riot starter..like Moquiao? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Ouch! You damm riot starter, twisted riot starter..like Moquiao? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Wrong place at the wrong time <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->
So one day, I grabbed a pepper spraying thing, and I was like, "I wonder if it hurts as much as people say it does?". Now, I'm not that stupid to spray it directly in my eyes, but man, it was tempting. So I decided against it, and sprayed it in and empty tissue box. Then I touched it. It was all liquidy.
So about 40 minutes later, my contacts start to itch, and I was going to take them out, since I was going to sleep anyways.
I never washed my hands after touching the pepper spray.
LOL! What an image!
I didn't know we had any policemen on the forums. Good to have someone with experience in this speaking on it. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ehh not yet Ill be a police officer in the summer after this one.
Im a police cadet in training right now right now. But soon. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
So one day, I grabbed a pepper spraying thing, and I was like, "I wonder if it hurts as much as people say it does?". Now, I'm not that stupid to spray it directly in my eyes, but man, it was tempting. So I decided against it, and sprayed it in and empty tissue box. Then I touched it. It was all liquidy.
So about 40 minutes later, my contacts start to itch, and I was going to take them out, since I was going to sleep anyways.
I never washed my hands after touching the pepper spray. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ow, that's nasty.
That reminds of an episdoe of Men Behaving Badly. Tony has to get glasses and he hates them so he gets contact lenses. He washes them in aftershave then wears them rofl.
Ouch! You damm riot starter, twisted riot starter..like Moquiao? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Wrong place at the wrong time <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Always the way. =D
lol
it kinda hurt. it was like i couldnt stop crying.. like teary... but it didnt stop me so much really.. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
What did you do this time? Start a riot? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
no this was a while ago...
and no it was just the police officer.. couldnt keep his cool... and when i told him to calm down and stop shoutin.. i just got a shot of it... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Oh right. I had an image in my mind of a riot control vehicle in the middle of the high street and police officers firing tear gas grenades into an angry crowd while their collegues try to hold them off with shields <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I watch the news too much. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-BigMadSteve+Feb 22 2004, 06:41 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BigMadSteve @ Feb 22 2004, 06:41 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-Moquiao+Feb 22 2004, 05:25 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Moquiao @ Feb 22 2004, 05:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-BigMadSteve+Feb 22 2004, 05:13 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BigMadSteve @ Feb 22 2004, 05:13 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Moquiao+Feb 22 2004, 03:54 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Moquiao @ Feb 22 2004, 03:54 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> ive been tear gaassed!
lol
it kinda hurt. it was like i couldnt stop crying.. like teary... but it didnt stop me so much really.. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
What did you do this time? Start a riot? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
no this was a while ago...
and no it was just the police officer.. couldnt keep his cool... and when i told him to calm down and stop shoutin.. i just got a shot of it... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Oh right. I had an image in my mind of a riot control vehicle in the middle of the high street and police officers firing tear gas grenades into an angry crowd while their collegues try to hold them off with shields
I watch the news too much. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
lol no.
was a normal saturday night ruckus...
and i dont know the difference between pepper spray and tear gas...
one makes ur eyes water uncontrollably.. the other just hurts? i dunno
but tell ya what! how bout i go punch a po po officer and get him to spray me again and ill tell ya if it has the same affect
I found that the best way to combat it is to breathe through your mouth and try not to get any in your nose. That way, when you get out of the cloud, you can breathe through your nose and it doesn't burn as much. It does burn your eyes, but it's not <i>that</i> bad. You can still see well enough to distinguish things and individuals.
Pepper spray is a bit more violent, and harder to be really resistant to (if you get a good blast in the eyes and throat) however the word of wisdom to take home is that if anyone wants to hurt you that badly, nothing you can do will stop them.
Pepper spray demos that you see on TV are against your average person who just got paid a bit of cash to take a shot in the face. Or in some cases bored people in their 20-30's who like to damage themselves for entertainment.
Someone assaulting you is not a bored person looking for easy money. They're motivated and (in their mind) thinking about survival.
Lets bear in mind people have LIVED through normally fatal events such as poisonous bites, gunshot wounds, chainsaw accidents, direct heart impalement (repeatedly), falling down cliffs. Certain drug users can take colossal trauma before kicking the bucket. If you want to wade through damage that badly, you WILL do it.
In short, your best defence is to bunny hop your arse off in the opposite direction to whoever is attacking you. Standing with a trusty can of spray will do you no good when the other person not only mugs/assaults you but probably subjects you to serious torture because you irritated them. You can lose a bit of pocket cash, so is it really worth dying for?
LOL.
The cops just have too much fun with pepper spray, is all. Course, I guess when you're getting pelted with bottles and rocks, that canister of pepper spray starts looking REAL friendly...
But all you really need is two two foot bamboo sticks <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
L337. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->