In the past I’ve written about several ways that senior citizens can help defend themselves from an attack and the one that will always make the most sense to me is a personal alarm. The reason that personal alarms make so much sense to me and why I have no problem whatsoever in recommending their use to anyone is because they are appropriate for just that, anyone. There are some senior citizens, even the majority I would say, to whom I would have no reservations about recommending a stun device or defensive spray but not all. Stun guns and pepper spray can be very dangerous and these devices wouldn’t be effective if it weren’t for the fact that they are dangerous. They are supposed to be dangerous for the attacker though and if a senior is not in relatively decent shape they run a much higher risk of having such a device taken from them and potentially used against them! For these reasons I will not recommend stun devices or pepper sprays as a blanket recommendation for all seniors would be foolish and irresponsible on my part. Don’t get me wrong, a reasonably fit and alert senior could definitely benefit from having a can of pepper spray in their purse or pocket but if I’m going to recommend a non-lethal self-defense device for all seniors it will be a personal alarm like the keychain alarm. I suppose the keychain alarm could potentially cause hearing damage with its 130 decibel alarm but that is extremely unlikely and aside from that it is impossible to inflict bodily harm on anyone with a personal alarm. Because of this I feel as though a personal alarm may not be as entirely effective as the more dangerous options you have with pepper spray or a stun gun but they can still be amazingly effective for a simple keychain alarm.
The simple fact of the matter is that criminals do not want to be caught and hence your average criminal (the ones with at least one brain cell still working) are not going to like it when attention is drawn their way when they attempt to mug a senior citizen. Having the senior citizen set off a 130 decibel alarm that can be heard up to a quarter mile away is going to draw a fair amount of this unwanted attention and because of that reason i think the vast majority of muggers will turn tail and run and look for someone else to mug.
So if you are a senior citizen or have a loved one who is a senior citizen that you’d like to help be safe please consider a personal keychain alarm.
Stay Safe,
Carl Vouer
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