Now, when most folks speak of self-defence against armed killers, they speak of toting guns themselves. Enter Jon Meis, he who made a habit of toting around pepper spray. Meis shows that pepper spray or mace can sometimes do the job nicely.
Mace and pepper spray have the advantage of not being lethal weapons. You can stop your assailant without killing him (or her). For those who don't like killing, it is a huge plus.
In this case, not killing was not only a plus for Meis, who became a national hero for stopping short what probably would have been a mass killing, but it was also a plus for justice, as the shooter, Aaron Ybarra, had intended to kill himself as soon as he was finished killing others. Had Ybarra been shot with a gun, he would have gotten his way with the ending his own life. Pepper spray robbed him of his death wish.
If you haven't heard the story, Ybarra went to Seattle Pacific University, intent on a mass killing. He shot shot but three, including one who died, when he had to reload. Meis saw the opening, doused Ybarra with the pepper spray, and tackled him. Others rushed in to further subdue Ybarra until police could arrive.
Maybe those of us who don't want to kill -- not even killing someone who would kill us -- should start carrying around mace or pepper spray. Me, I'd choose to carry a gun that could fire the mace, so I could stand a better chance of stopping a gunman without having to rush in close. I will confess to not even knowing how far away you can be with a can of mace before spraying it does any good.
http://newsasnewstravelsfast.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-great-mace-movement-of-2014.html
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