| Concern for your own safety or the safety of | | | | positioning the spray in your hand, and firing the |
| your family should be a priority. With crime rates | | | | pepper spray, you will put up a good fight against |
| escalating to new highs, and with more | | | | your attacker. |
| low-income families moving into your neighborhood | | | | Practice role playing drills with a partner if you |
| that once catered to the middle or upper class, | | | | carry the spray in your purse. Remember that |
| one must be on guard in defense of himself or | | | | you will want to retain possession of the spray |
| family members. | | | | even if the perpetrator grabs your purse away. |
| As with any martial art, practice makes perfect. | | | | The pepper spray unit should be placed and |
| If you choose pepper spray as your primary | | | | clipped to the purse in such a way that, when you |
| method of defense, think of its use as a weapons | | | | hold the spray, any downward yank of the purse |
| martial art. Through frequent practice of drawing, | | | | will let the spray remain in your hand. |