My ammonia gun was just the beginning
When I was a teenager and started hanging out with my friends in malls, movie theaters, etc., we all realized that we all needed to have some kind of weapon to protect ourselves.
Back then, I didn’t know anything about pepper spray. I was very naive and protected by my parents. In the 70s there were no personal computers or the Internet, where you can browse and find personal defense products. I don’t remember who was the genius who mentioned it first or had the idea, but somehow we came up with the idea of using a squirt gun and filling it with ammonia. Well, that was the best thing I’ve ever heard! What a good idea!
Wasting no time, I went to a toy store and bought an orange squirt gun. My mom always had ammonia to clean the toilets with, so I put some in the squirt gun. I made sure it didn’t leak and put it inside my favorite bag. I checked a few hours later to see if the bag reeked of ammonia, and thankfully it didn’t.
Well that was the beginning of my obsession with self defense products! Now that I think more carefully about that great idea, it really was more dangerous than we thought. We really didn’t know how much damage ammonia could do if it gets in your eyes. It could cause permanent damage! I’m glad none of us had to use our ammonia guns, or we could have been hit with a big lawsuit!
Later, as a working adult, I had to use the subway to get to and from work. I felt that I needed to buy a product that was reliable and safe. At that time there was the Internet and I bought my first Stun Gun from the Internet. I immediately felt safe, especially in the winter months around 6 PM when I got off the train and had to walk to my car, parked in a huge parking lot, around the train station. I lived in the suburbs, so I had to drive from the station to my house and those walks to my car were very scary at night. My stun gun went wherever I went and I especially liked the fact that I could walk my dog on trails in a nearby park and not worry about being attacked.
Last year, I heard that there was an even better product on the market, and it was designed with women in mind. In my search for the latest and greatest in self defense products, I purchased what for me has been the ultimate self defense weapon; Tasers C2. This baby is perfect. I can shock an attacker up to 15 feet away! This Taser is small, has an LED light to see in the dark, and a laser so you don’t miss a shot. It also works as a stun gun, in case I hit an attacker and someone else comes at me. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would have a self defense product like the C2 Taser. The good thing about this is also that the C2 Taser is non-lethal and does not do any permanent damage, unlike my first weapon, the ammonia gun!