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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 11 points 7 hours ago (9 children)

My pocket stun gun was $19.99. Decided I needed a defense mechanism I could conceal after an encounter with a scary aggressive homeless man.

Also has a flashlight.

[–] VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online 10 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Be careful with a stungun. It requires close range confrontation, and It's not effective if the assailant is drugged up or heavily drunk and ignores the shocks.

Mace gives good distance, and pepper in the eyes doesn't care about the stimulants in your blood stream.

Also practice with it. A large number of people carry self defense tools and choke under pressure/fail to use it correctly during situations.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

I tested it on myself.

It works fine.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 hours ago

lol, you completely missed all that advice.

[–] waz@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Make sure you also test it while drunk or heavily drugged up.

[–] python@lemmy.world 1 points 51 minutes ago

That does sound like a fun Friday night

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