My moral obligation is to me continuing to breath, period.
You want to spice up an attackers lunch with pepper or hope you were a good ball player with the baton be my guest. My attacker is breathing through several new holes I cut in him. Batons are heavy and bulky and require training and pepper spray in anything but a large can useless, think bear spray <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />.
If i had a concealed carry permit he'd be breathing though even bigger holes and develop the worlds fastest lead alergy.
Flip