• ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I bought one of those flashlights with a built-in taser thing at the end. Thought I’d give one to each of my 4 girls if they were effective, but that of course meant I’d have to try it out. When activated it was definitely intimidating to see and hear. When I did it to myself I was quite disappointed however. It hurt but wasn’t debilitating. It’d likely just piss your attacker off.

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      3 days ago

      Many are quite shitty with specs that are mostly fabricated and at best they really need to touch skin and the effects don’t necessarily last long best case. If you are going to GTFO pepper spray is better it’s not foiled by clothes and it gives you distance.