| Concern for your own safety or the safety of your | | | | with you. Consider putting the spray on your house |
| family should be a priority. With crime rates escalating | | | | keychain or your car keychain preferably your house |
| to new highs, and with more low-income families | | | | keychain because you will always need your house |
| moving into your neighborhood that once catered to | | | | keys to enter or leave your home. You will not |
| the middle or upper class, one must be on guard in | | | | necessarily get into your car if you leave your house. |
| defense of himself or family members. | | | | Unless you have no other options, do not carry |
| If you choose pepper spray to be your primary | | | | defense pepper spray in your pocket. Very often the |
| weapon for self defense, it is recommended that | | | | spray can not be drawn for action quickly enough to |
| you carry the largest size that is practical and legal | | | | do any damage to your attacker. Keep in mind that |
| for you. For 2 oz. pepper sprays, these measure | | | | most physical assaults happen very rapidly. This often |
| about 4" in length and 1" in diameter. They are small | | | | leaves the victim little time to react to the |
| enough to clip onto a purse or belt. They are not too | | | | confrontation. There is a way to circumvent this |
| bulky enough for you to carry. | | | | possibility, but only if your pepper spray is readily |
| If you find that the 2 oz. size is too inconvenient or | | | | available. Another reason you should not carry pepper |
| impractical, then opt for the keychain spray. The | | | | spray in your pocket is the possibility of forgetting to |
| biggest advantage of having pepper spray on your | | | | bring it with you the next time you leave your home. |
| keychain is that you will not forget bringing your keys | | | | |