I would like to examine the differences between law enforcement and civilian pepper sprays.
To get things started, I asked a few police offers in my town what the differences are between civilian use and law enforcement grade O.C. spray.
One police offer told me that it is the size of the canister. Other police officers have stated that it is the percentage of oleoresin capsicum. Such as anything being above 10% is for law enforcement.
I then examined a few items that are available to the civilian market. Crime halter for example. They advertise a 17% mixture of oleoresin capsicum. Crime halter also makes a 4 ounce canister for the civilian market which is the equivilent of an MK4.
So far, I have addressed canister size and percentages of O.C. Now I would like to compare SHU ratings. I also in the course of having a conversation with a police officer asked what the difference was in law enforcement pepper spray versus civilian pepper spray. He stated that anything above 2 million shu is for law enforcement. I question then what is Fox Labs doing offering civilians an O.C. spray with a 5.3 million SHU rating?
While I am off duty and not patrolling the mall, I have toyed with the idea of carrying Defense Tech X2. There is one problem though. Since I visited DefTechs website, it stated on each of their products that they were for law enforcement or corrections use only. The reason I am interested in it is it has great stopping ability and it is FDA approved. I would feel alot safer carrying defense tech rather than the likes of Streetwise which has unknown canister content that could permanently harm the person I spray, or have a civilian pepper spray that would only piss the attacker off due to the low quality of the spray or not enough heat to do anything. It is my belief that if you protect yourself, why not do it in all aspects? Wouldn't Defense Tech, since it is FDA approved also be ideal for the civilian market? Civilians can get sued just as quickly as police officers.
If anyone could explain the differences to me between civilian pepper spray and law enforcement pepper spray, I would appreciate it.
To get things started, I asked a few police offers in my town what the differences are between civilian use and law enforcement grade O.C. spray.
One police offer told me that it is the size of the canister. Other police officers have stated that it is the percentage of oleoresin capsicum. Such as anything being above 10% is for law enforcement.
I then examined a few items that are available to the civilian market. Crime halter for example. They advertise a 17% mixture of oleoresin capsicum. Crime halter also makes a 4 ounce canister for the civilian market which is the equivilent of an MK4.
So far, I have addressed canister size and percentages of O.C. Now I would like to compare SHU ratings. I also in the course of having a conversation with a police officer asked what the difference was in law enforcement pepper spray versus civilian pepper spray. He stated that anything above 2 million shu is for law enforcement. I question then what is Fox Labs doing offering civilians an O.C. spray with a 5.3 million SHU rating?
While I am off duty and not patrolling the mall, I have toyed with the idea of carrying Defense Tech X2. There is one problem though. Since I visited DefTechs website, it stated on each of their products that they were for law enforcement or corrections use only. The reason I am interested in it is it has great stopping ability and it is FDA approved. I would feel alot safer carrying defense tech rather than the likes of Streetwise which has unknown canister content that could permanently harm the person I spray, or have a civilian pepper spray that would only piss the attacker off due to the low quality of the spray or not enough heat to do anything. It is my belief that if you protect yourself, why not do it in all aspects? Wouldn't Defense Tech, since it is FDA approved also be ideal for the civilian market? Civilians can get sued just as quickly as police officers.
If anyone could explain the differences to me between civilian pepper spray and law enforcement pepper spray, I would appreciate it.
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