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- From: lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: PARALYZER CS tear gas
- Message-ID: <183221@pyramid.pyramid.com>
- Date: 25 Aug 92 21:51:48 GMT
- Sender: news@pyramid.pyramid.com
- Reply-To: lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountain View, CA
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- Originator: daemon@sword.eng.pyramid.com
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- >rom@iris.usc.edu (Hillel Rom) writes:
- >> In general, are these small tear gas devices effective for self protection?
- >
- In article <92237.52238.J024330@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM> J024330@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM writes:
- >I had an accident with my spray can and got a full blast in the face. They are
- >effective ;-)
- >
- Only against an attacker with no military training....it IS
- quite possible to be rather deadly [and annoyed >:-) ] with a
- snootful of tear or choke gas....
-
- You might startle an untrained attacker, but I certainly
- wouldn't rely on it against anyone trained to ignore the
- stuff...
-