Originally Posted By: haertig
Pepper spray and a gun make a good combo IMHO (never having to have had to use either in a real-life self-protection scenario, I'm only speculating).

I’m not sure how I feel about dual-wielding both a gun and pepper spray. Having pepper spray come back on you is bad enough on it’s own. Holding a gun while being disabled by your own pepper spray seems like it is just asking for the assailant to take your gun.

Then again, I have never had an experience to aim either a gun or pepper spray at anyone yet, myself.

P.S.: One might also want to consider the legal ramifications of such an action. “So, you had pepper spray in one hand and a gun in the other, and you chose to shoot my client,” says the lawyer. I am not a lawyer, of course, and I have not been through in-depth firearm carry training (including the legal training), but it seems like it might be safer to completely switch from the pepper spray to the firearm once that border of ability, opportunity, and intent is reached.
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