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SunSeeker

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3. Pepper spray blinds you, makes you immediately grab for your eyes,and scream in agony.

Reply to RockRaven (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 17, 2018, 03:51 AM

Jun 2018

He would no longer even be able to see the woman's neck, let alone be interested in stabbing it.

Here, this video explains the effects and shows how it's done, by a wonderful Hawaiian cop:

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Police Shoot Man Holding Knife to Woman's Throat, Killing Him and Critically Injuring Her [View all] SunSeeker Jun 2018 OP

I'm not certain it is all that obvious that pepper spray would have been better RockRaven Jun 2018 #1

Pepper spray blinds you, makes you immediately grab for your eyes,and scream in agony. SunSeeker Jun 2018 #3

It also requires getting very close to the perp. JayhawkSD Jun 2018 #5

There's sprays that shoot quite far, and then there's shootable tear gas canisters. SunSeeker Jun 2018 #6

Chief said the whole damn thing was really ringing up the overtime, you understand ... mr_lebowski Jun 2018 #2

Where have I heard of this before ..... marble falls Jun 2018 #4

Exactly. nt SunSeeker Jun 2018 #7