Well, my wife used to be a good, gun hating Democrat.. I converted her to our faith. She used to carry pepper spray. Better than nothing I suppose, but she discovered pistols are way more empowering for women.

I had a thought about the wasp spray. We live in a very litigous society. It is probably not too much of a stretch that some criminal scum bag could get a slick lawyer and sue you for blinding him with it. I mean, if I'm in a situation where I'm going to be attacked, there are going to be legal issues if I respond with force. May as well eliminate the threat permanantly. A .45 will do that, wasp spray will not.