Whether it is a bear in the wilderness of the forests you like to traverse for a hike or camping out over a long weekend, someone trying to take your purse out of a mall parking lot after dark, or an errant dog on the loose in the neighborhood, being prepared with a spray to deter the assailant or beast away is just good common sense. These non-lethal options will buy you time to run as fast and far away as you can or get help while the animal or person is incapacitated by pain and unable to see straight.

If you are a nature lover, you know the importance of bringing along all of the necessities that you might need should you encounter an emergency. The basics of food, water, fire, bug repellant, sunscreen, and of course bear spray are essentials when you are out in the open and need to survive on everything you brought and your instincts. Having ready access to food is enough for a bear to come sniffing around your camp site, and while they generally do not pose a threat to humans unless they are provoked, you never can tell with a creature who does not speak the same language that you do. Being prepared is the only way to know you might have a fighting chance should the encounter turn aggressive.

You do not need to be out in the wild to come face to face with an attacker who might not want your food this time, but your watch, wallet, car, or even your home. Having Mace spray handy should you contend with someone meaning you harm will certainly save the possessions they are trying to take from you and in most cases save your life as well.

Any law enforcement office will tell you that putting up a fight for material things is not the best way to handle this situation should you run in to it, but spraying someone in the face with what feels like red hot molten lava might make them think twice about doing it to someone else. Having the opportunity to get a good look at them as they are writhing on the ground in pain is going to help when you have the opportunity to get help and your assailant will not be trying to run after you when they cannot open their eyes.

When you go to buy pepper spray it is important to know what you are going to be using it for as that term has come to mean anything that comes out of a can or small bottle aimed at the face of someone or something trying to harm you. While they all have mostly the same desired effect, there are some that are either more potent than others, or made with differing chemicals to work on different species more effectively. Being prepared to the best of your abilities can save your life, but keeping the animal or attacker alive is also important to either the balance of nature, or the justice system that will be served upon them.

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