Home defense with chemicals

Home defense with chemicals

       And other things

       Here's a wiki link on tear gas (and CS gas):  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_gas

            Here's a wiki link on pepper spray:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper_spray

            Here's a wiki link on mace (spray):  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mace_(spray)

 

Poster's comments:

            I suspect there are other defensive chemicals to use, too. Ammonia and chlorine come to my mind.

            I expect pepper spray might also get used against aggressive or rabid wildlife animals, like bears or raccoons, or even a pet in some cases. Pepper spray is a commercial product anyone can buy in the USA.

            Might be time to get a gas mask or two, just in case.

            Otherwise,  a regular painter breather's mask might work OK, too.  Also consider using medical type masks. I myself have breathed the bad results of the Kuwait oil fires, and the amount of gunk my body cleaned from just breathing was embarrassing.  I just hated blowing my nose and having nasty oily snot and sooty mucous come out. Mostly we all used our bandanas as simple breathing filters, and they worked OK.

            Don't forget things like scalding water, fires, alarms, flashing lights, sirens, other ringers and methods to send an alarm, scalding oil, etc.

             These are in addition things like guns, crossbows, pellet guns, BB guns, sling shots, sharpened instruments (like knives and shovels and screw drivers), rocks, booby traps, trip wires, dug tank traps,  prepared other defenses (like fields of fire), etc. Heck, even Lewis and Clark in the early 1800's had a "famous" air powered rifle.

            Even using insect repellant is a form of chemical defense. I also use powdered sulfur (often called sublimed sulfur these days or even Flowers of Sulfur), and it works quite well to this day for insect defense.

            Last, even tear gas and CS gas has adversely affected me during my military training. Most of us think we can just suck it up and tough it out, but the usual result is the embarrassing results of coming of the gas chamber with snot and tears and gagging going on. It is funny, in a sordid sort of way.