Pepper Spray Is A Must Have For Seniors Citizens

As the world’s population continues to grow so does the world’s senior citizen population. As the human body ages it naturally begins to lose a bit of its strength, speed, stamina and reflexes. Unfortunately this means that seniors, for the most part, are less able to physically defend themselves in the event of an attack as they would have been in their younger days. Do not think for a second that this fact is lost on today’s criminal element. Devious individuals looking for an ‘easy’ target are naturally going to pick on the targets that they believe will present the least amount of resistance. Unfortunately this often means that senior citizens can find themselves the victim of such an attack. There is a way for these seniors to prevent becoming a victim though and it’s so easy and affordable I’m nothing short of astonished that more seniors don’t do it. The answer is pepper spray, my friends. I love defensive sprays for people of any age but seniors are no doubt at the top of the list of people who would benefit the most from carrying pepper spray.

The active ingredient in pepper spray is capsaicin. Capsaicin is the chemical found in chili peppers. It’s what makes a chili pepper like the Habanero so incredibly spicy hot. The ‘hot-ness’ of a chili pepper is measured on a scale called the Scoville scale. The higher the scoville units the hotter the pepper. A Habanero pepper for example is rated at about 100,000-350,000 scoville units. Have you ever eaten a raw habanero pepper? Trust me it’s hot. There is another pepper called the Naga Jolokia pepper that is rated at over 1,000,000 scoville units. In the U.S. this pepper is commonly referred to as Ghost Chili. I have never eaten one and I don’t want too. In comparison this Naga Jolokia pepper is 400 times hotter than Tabasco sauce. Try getting some of that in your eye and I promise you it will be an event you remember until the day you die. So how hot is the p spray found in most commercial brands of pepper spray available to civilians? About 3,000,000 scoville units.

Pepper spray devices work by spraying this super concentrated capsaicin into the face of an attacker. This is going to help seniors defend themselves I assure you. If you take a substance 1,200 times hotter than Tabasco sauce and get that into the eyes, nose, mouth and throat of an attacker that attacker is going to feel some serious pain. Much more often than not the attacker will stop attacking and start trying to figure out a way to stop the feeling of fire that has engulfed his face, throat and lungs.

With all of this said it irritates me greatly when I see boneheads that make videos of themselves spraying one another with pepper spray in an attempt to prove how ‘tough’ they are. I think all these videos do is prove how stupid they are. Pepper spray is not to be taken lightly and although it is extremely rare people have died as a result of being sprayed with pepper spray. No weapon of non-lethal self-defense can be effective without some inherent risk but it is still much safer and humane than many other choices available to citizens.

Stay Safe,

Puzek Security Systems

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What Are The Best Stun Guns? Stun Master Stun Guns In My Opinion

Here is my take on the purchasing of stun guns and purchasing any item in general. There are items like plastic cutlery, napkins, baking soda and whatnot that don’t require one to purchase a name brand. If you buy generic paper plates they might not be as durable as a Dixie brand paper plate but what is the worst that is going to happen? Maybe you have to double up on plates if you’re trying to eat a sizable meal, not that big of a deal, right?

Some products cannot and should not under any circumstances be purchased with saving a buck and only saving a buck in mind. This certainly applies to non-lethal self-defense products like a stun gun. You do not want to find yourself in a situation where your life is in jeopardy or at the very least you physical well-being and have a stun device that doesn’t work properly. When a product is designed to protect one’s well-being than that product should be of exceptional quality. Stun Master stun guns certainly do, and always have, fit the bill in this regard. Stun Master stun guns have been a leader in the industry for almost 2 decades and one of the greatest things about this brand name self-defense product is that it’s a top-of-the-line brand that is also one of the least expensive. You truly cannot ask for anything more from a stun device. One needs to look no further from a company that has been around this long than the fact that they offer a life-time warranty on their products. A company isn’t going to be around very long if they are slapping life-time warranties on poorly made stun guns.

Stun guns offer the user an immensely effective form of non-lethal self-defense that is non-lethal and much safer than a firearm for example. They work by emitting a high-voltage, low-amperage shock to an assailant. Stun devices help level the playing field for victims that may not otherwise be able to best an assailant should a physical altercation occur. Some fine examples of this would be senior citizens and females that often find themselves walking alone, especially in the evening hours.

So if you are an honest, hard-working, tax paying American that values his or her own safety and the safety of their loved ones and is considering purchasing a stun gun I would hope that Stun Master is a brand that they consider.

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Puzek Security Systems

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People Who Buy Tasers Online Are Rarely Into the Whole Getting Mugged Thing

If you are one of those hate-getting-mugged types than perhaps buying a taser online is something that you may want to consider. Tasers, much like Band-Aids and Jello, is actually a brand name that people will often use to generically describe other similar devices of its kind. Make no mistake though, there is only one Taser and it’s manufactured by Taser International.

Tasers work by shooting small barbs attached to wires from the gun and then these barbs hook themselves to the assailants clothing and/or skin. The projectile is fueled by small compressed nitrogen cartridges similar to the ones in many pellet or paintball guns. Although the tasers available to law enforcement often have a range of more than 30 feet, the tasers available to citizens is limited to 15 feet. Once the barbs attach themselves, an electrical, but non-lethal current can be delivered. This high-voltage current incapacitates the assailant by interrupting the body’s natural neuromuscular algorithm. In layman’s terms this simply means that the assailant’s body no longer responds to the signals from the assailant’s brain. He or she loses control over their own body until the individual holding the gun stops the current. Contrary to some beliefs, this device does not work by administering pain so much as it works by simply incapacitating the assailant’s ability to function.

Tasers, like any weapon, are now and will forever more be surrounding with some measure of controversy. They were introduced as non-lethal and in the vast majority of cases they are just that. Not only non-lethal but rarely does this weapon leave it’s ‘victim’ with any lasting injuries whatsoever. The same can certainly not be said for a firearm. Even if a firearm does not kill an assailant he or she will now be left with a hole in their body that will most likely require a trained professional to close. Tasers and stun devices are much more humane than many of the weapons out there and I will argue that point with anyone at any time. If I was to be the type of scumbag who would attempt to attack another innocent person then I would hope for my sake that the person whom I was cowardly enough to attack would in turn be humane enough to defend themselves by hitting me with a taser rather than a firearm, bat, knife, sword, steel chair, etc. Do you see my point?

With all of this said, a taser and the choice to carry one should never under any circumstances be taken lightly. They are as effective as any non-lethal tool of self-defense can be but can also cause serious injury or death if used irresponsibly or in any fashion other than its specific and intended use which is to protect the innocent.

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Puzek Security Systems

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The Double Trouble Stun Gun Is Indubitably a Double Dose of Defense Against Dubious Do-Badders

First of all let’s talk about why they call it the “Double” Trouble. They call it that because it has double the space between contacts and short of offering the scientific explanation behind it, the more space between contacts the more effective it makes the device. This increased contact space makes the shock more effective and it quite simply makes it easier to make contact with an assailant when there is more surface area to make contact with. The shock we are talking about with this device is 1.2 million volts. 1.2 million volts is going to put an end to darn near any encounter really quickly. The contact space we are talking about is a whopping 5 inches! The vast majority of stun guns on the market average 1.5 inches between contacts. Think of it like this, in the world of golf clubs there is a reason that the newer and more effective drivers are all so huge. There is no two ways about it; increased contact space leads to a more effective shot plain and simple.

Some may look at the Double Trouble stun gun’s design and incorrectly assume that the design is nothing more than overkill for lack of a better word. They may think that it is over-the-top and intended for those that are somehow trying to show off. I truly hope that anyone that purchases these devices is not attempting to show off because the gun’s design is truly a situation where form is meeting function. It looks intimidating because it looks extremely effective and not to be tangled with and that is what it is. If some scumbag drugged out attacker wants to relieve some poor old lady of her purse so that he can get his fix and the little old lady is carrying one of these stun devices than that scumbag is making an extremely poor choice in choosing to pick on that particular lady. And that lady stands a better chance of besting the attacker in a confrontation with one of these stun guns than with many of the other stun guns on the market.

So if you are a tax paying, God fearing, decent individual who cares about their safety and at the same time the well-being of others I hope that you might consider the Double Trouble stun gun.

Stay Safe,

Puzek Security Systems

Editor’s note: I don’t know that ‘do-badders’ is actually a word, in fact spell checker is telling me that it is most certainly not but I needed the title to flow. I think it’s flowing nicely now, don’t you?


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All I Want For Christmas Is A Cell Phone Stun Gun

Dear Santa,

I know I usually write to ask you for something awesome like a football, bike or the like but this year I really have my heart set on a cell phone stun gun. Footballs and bikes are great but they aren’t going to prevent me from being violently physically assaulted this holiday season. A cell phone stun gun on the other hand will do just that. If anyone tries to attack me while I’m carrying one of these it’s going to be ho ho horrendous for them.

Did you know that these Pretender cell phone stun guns pack a 4.5 million volt punch and are disguised to look exactly like a real cell phone, Santa? A 4.5 million volt shock is more than enough to stop any attacker from attacking me while I am in the dimly lit parking lots of the local mall. And speaking of light it also comes with a built in 12 LED super-bright flashlight and who can’t use a super-bright flashlight? You might want to look into one of these for yourself in case we get one of those foggy Christmas eve nights and Rudolph is sick with hoof-and-mouth. I am completely kidding, please don’t tell Rudolph I said that.

I have been awfully good this year and sure would love for you to come down the chimney with one of these cell phone stun guns in your bag. I know you may be worried about me accidentally shocking myself but I’m here to tell you that accidental discharge is made almost impossible thanks to the two levels of safety that these Pretender stun guns operate on. For one the safety switch must be in the on position and the trigger button depressed in order for the unit to operate. Once the safety switch is in the on position an LED warning light will come on letting me know that it’s show time once I press the trigger.

I think my favorite part about any stun device is that they are non-lethal forms of self-defense. In fact the attacker is almost always left with no permanent damage whatsoever. I couldn’t bear the thought of taking another’s life, especially at Christmas time, Santa.

So please keep this in mind when you are having your elves make me another hideous necktie or Mrs. Claus is knitting me another of those itchy sweaters. Not that I didn’t love both of those gifts but a Pretender cell phone stun gun is what I really want and I’ve been relatively good, Santa. I really have.

Stay Safe,

Puzek Security Systems

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Electronic Dog Repellers Make A Great Holiday Gift For People That Hate Being Bit By Dogs

Doesn’t this time of year bring with it a lot of stress along with all that holiday joy? It does for me, I can tell you that. It’s so hard to shop for some people. I just don’t know what to get some of the people on my list. You don’t want to dare try picking clothing out for people because you know they just won’t like it. So what is a person to do for those impossible-to-shop-for people on their list? I think I found the perfect gift this year. An electronic dog repeller.

You might be asking yourself “Carl, how do I know if this gift is right for my loved ones?”. Here is an easy way to find out. Ask the friends and family that you intend to buy a gift for if they enjoy being attacked and repeatedly bitten by a vicious dog. If the answer is no than the electronic dog repeller might just be a perfect gift for these people. If the answer is yes you may want to purchase that individual a couple of free therapy sessions as they are in need of some mental help.

The electronic dog repeller works in two ways. It has an ultra-bright flashing strobe that works to temporarily blind and confuse the dog and the second is a high-frequency alarm audible only to dogs. Both will help accomplish the task of making sure that special someone on your list is not sitting in an emergency room receiving stitches from a dog bite this holiday season.

One dandy little side note about these repellers is that they also have a training setting and can be used to help train dogs. So if that special someone on your list isn’t so much in danger of ever being approached by a dog with questionable motives but does have a dog that they are in the midst of house breaking than this tool could still make a wonderful gift. A person who is never in any danger whatsoever of being attacked by a dog sounds like he or she may live in a bubble though so who knows?

So please keep the electronic dog repeller in mind when considering what to buy that impossible-to-shop for person on your list. Sometimes the gifts you think are truly odd are the ones that make the greatest presents.

I wonder if these would work on a rabid reindeer.

Stay Safe and Happy Holidays!

Puzek Security Systems

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Guard Alaska Bear Spray Because Bears Don’t Like It When It Feels Like Their Faces Are On Fire.

Bears are beautiful creatures. I’ve been fascinated by them since I can remember my parents taking my siblings and I to the Brookfield Zoo. There was just something about the raw blend of beauty and grace of these gentle giants. It was undeniable and I still feel the same way when I take my own kids to the very same zoo these days. With that said I would rather one not bite me in the neck, head or vital organ region. In reality I would probably rather not have a half-ton Kodiak bear bite me on any part of my body or really any part of the body for that matter. That would be unpleasant and no doubt uncomfortable so I’m just going to go ahead and make it a personal rule not to put any of my body parts in a bear’s mouth. One way to do that while you’re camping or hiking is to carry bear spray on you at all times.

Bear spray is one of those unique items that is truly important. I mean it has vital importance like not many products can truly say they have. Take a spare tire for example, those are pretty important. If you break down on the side of the road and don’t have a spare you are going to be pretty upset. Is it going to be a life altering event? Probably not. It just means you are going to have to call a tow truck and lose a couple of hours out of your day. Now let’s talk about what happens when you need bear spray and don’t have it. It means you could very well die. It won’t be a situation where you’ll later look back and say “Gosh, some bear spray would have been nice in that situation.” It won’t be a situation like that because you won’t be looking back. Ever again.

Guard Alaska bear spray is so effective because bears, much like the vast majority of creatures on this planet, are not all that hip on having their face feel like it has been set on fire. It tends to make all of gods creatures stop just a moment and reevaluate their current actions. I think on some rudimentary level it makes the bear question whether or not continuing the attack is worth the feeling of having its face melted off.

Stay Safe,

Puzek Security Systems

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Personal Alarms for Seniors Make Wonderful Items of Self Defense

The world’s senior citizen population is growing every day and with that the potential victims list for would-be criminals. It is human nature for a criminal to prey upon those that he or she considers less capable of resisting an attack. Unfortunately Father Time slows us all down just a bit. Time makes us all a little less capable of resisting an attack and a little bit more susceptible to one.

So what is a senior citizen to do to prevent one of these attacks from happening to them? They could hole themselves up in their homes, bar the door and never go outside or they could arm themselves with a non-lethal form of self-defense. The former seems like no way to live and the latter is so easy and affordable it’s almost a no-brainer. What tool of self-defense works best for a senior citizen? Well, the answer to that question is certainly open for debate. There are a few choices but the three that make the most sense to me would be pepper spray, stun devices or personal alarms.

Pepper spray is extremely effective but there are some things to keep in mind when choosing to go with a defensive spray. For one you must be relatively close to your attacker in order for it to be effective. The average defensive spray has a range of about 6-8 feet but one must consider wind (if outside) and presumably the person using the spray will probably be a little stressed out at that particular moment as they are in the middle of stopping an attack and potentially trying to save their own life so their aim could be off.

Stun devices work splendidly and are immensely effective but again one needs to be touching an attacker in order for the weapon to work. Also, depending on the physical strength and speed of both the senior and the attacker, both of these weapons could potentially be turned on the victim. I am in no way trying to discourage anyone from carrying these devices as they are immensely effective I am simply saying that we should consider all angles.

I truly believe that personal alarms, at least for the less physically able seniors, might just be the perfect form of self-defense. They are completely safe, can be effective from any distance and cannot be turned on the user. Personal alarms work by emitting an extremely high decibel alarm that does two things. One, it scares the bejeezus out of the scumbag getting ready to commit a crime, and two it alerts everyone in the vicinity that this scumbag is about to commit a crime. So if you or somebody you love is a senior citizen (or anyone for that matter) that would rather not be the victim of a violent assault I would strongly suggest obtaining personal alarms for seniors.

Stay Safe,

Puzek Security Systems

Product Review: The Stun Gun Flashlight

The stun gun flashlight is the absolute epitome of multi-functionality. You have a flashlight and who doesn’t need a trusty flashlight now and again. You have the attachable red cone for emergency road side visibility. You have a 130 decibel alarm and last but certainly not least you have yourself a 200,000 volt stun gun. I more or less listed those things in the order of which ones you are most likely to use but I’ll tell you now that if the stun gun is ever needed you’ll look back on the decision to buy one as the best decision you have ever made.

Let’s discuss the flashlight first. This is one of the functions, and hopefully the only, you will ever have to really use. There isn’t much to talk about. It’s a flashlight. It helps people that can’t see in the dark which to my knowledge is just about everyone except bats and actually they are using sonar. So unless you have the ability to see in the dark or are a bat yourself you can always use a flashlight.

Second is the attachable red cone which makes this large stun gun flashlight ideal for keeping you and your family safe should your vehicle encounter problems while out at night. If you haven’t had a car break down on the side of a highway at night I can tell you it is a stressful and anxious time. Not being entirely visible to cars whizzing by at speeds in excess of 65 miles per hour is no joke.

Next we have the 130 decibel alarm. This can be used in a couple of ways. If an attacker is approaching you needn’t worry about using the stun gun often times. Simply set that extremely loud 130 decibel alarm off and you will have yourself a frightened attacker. 130 decibels draws the attention of others and the attacker will know this. I would say that more often than not the alarm will be enough to deter an attacker.

Just in case the attacker is deaf, stupid or high on drugs (or all three) you have the last function, and most important in my opinion, the stun gun. 200,000 volts to be exact. 200,000 volts is going to stop an attacker whether he be stupid, deaf and high or not. Again I would hope that the need for the stun gun aspect of this wonderful tool is never needed but it is certainly nice to know it is there just in case.

So for your own safety and for the safety of your loved ones please seriously consider obtaining a tool like the stun gun flashlight.

Stay Safe,

Puzek Security Systems

Thanks To Handheld Metal Detectors Nobody Has To Get Shot At Your Next Event

I love big events. I guess you could say that I am a real people person. Concerts, parties, company picnics, sporting events, the theatre, anywhere you find a large number of people gathered is where I want to be. Another somewhat related thing I truly enjoy is not being shot and fatally wounded while at these events. I’m going to go ahead and say it is probably my very most favorite part of any large event (unless they have rice krispy treats). I have never been shot but from what I hear and have seen in the movies it does not look at all enjoyable. There seems to be a lot of bleeding, screaming and general discomfort. These are all things that will really kill the mood of any otherwise enjoyable event.

Of course fatal shootings could be a thing of the past at any and all events if the event planners would just take the simple and affordable step of securing for themselves a handheld metal detector. Metal detectors are extremely effective and extremely easy to use. It shouldn’t take longer than a couple of seconds to scan each and every entrant to ensure that nobody has entered with a weapon and intentions on crashing the party.

I have several customers who own nightclubs and before they had a chance to speak with me they were for some reason under the impression that they needed one of those giant doorway frame metal detectors that cost thousands of dollars. This is not at all the case as a handheld security scanning device can work every bit as effectively and at relatively the same speed with which the larger doorway models work.

If you are having on holding a large event I would hope to the almighty that you would have some form of security personnel on hand. I’m not implying that one needs to have a swat team on hand for a kids birthday party but if you are having an event where a fair amount of people will be showing up and you do not know all of those people I think it would behoove everyone involved to have a couple of security personnel and have any entrance secured by that personnel and have them equipped with handheld metal detectors.

If you are concerned about people’s opinion of being scanned then I would politely tell those people to pick another party. If it takes a few extra minutes to ensure the event is safe and sound for all than that few minutes seems immeasurably worth it.

Stay Safe,

Puzek Security Systems

Know Where To Buy Guard Alaska Bear Spray If You’re Going Camping And Hate Being Attacked By Bears

I have been camping so man y times it’s hard for me to pick my absolute favorite time ever. I think I would have to say it is a tie between all the times I was not violently mauled by a half-ton adult grizzly bear. That really is just a great way to cap any camping excursion to the beautiful northern woods of Washington. It just can’t be beat. Sitting around the campfire, roasting marshmallows and not screaming in sheer pain and anguish as a bear bites down on my skull with its ultra-powerful jaws. Yes sir, those are some good times right there.

I think society has really gotten away from “roughing it”. We are a very comfortable society and not many of us are likely to head into the great outdoors and enjoy the peace and tranquility that only nature can provide. Camping is such great fun and I encourage just everyone to at least give it a shot but please remember that the vast majority of bears can remove your face for you pretty easily if they feel provoked. So if you do go camping please be sure to bring along Guard Alaska bear spray and have it on you at ALL times.

Guard Alaska Bear spray is the best there is when it comes to repelling bears. It is an ultra-hot pepper spray that is so effective it is the only one registered with the EPA as a repellent for ALL species of bear. Another nice thing about Guard Alaska is that it is an environmentally safe spray. It contains no flammable substances and no substances which will harm the ozone. So you can be kind to the environment while not being devoured by grizzlies. It’s a win-win for everyone and if you’re the type that enjoys the outdoors you are probably the type that wants to do their part to make sure we don’t further destroy the outdoors.

Not only is it safe for you, your family and the environment but also for the bear. Just like human pepper spray the creature being sprayed will suffer no long lasting permanent damage from being sprayed unlike a firearm which is dangerous for the whole family and will leave a hole in the bear. Let us show humanity for all of God’s creatures while at the same time protecting ourselves and our loved ones.

Isn’t Guard Alaska bear spray great?

Stay Safe,

Puzek Security Systems

People Who Enjoy Spending The Holidays Not Being Mugged Know Where To Buy Personal Alarms

I love this time of year. I really do live for the holidays. Getting together with family, eating like a pig, watching football on TV, not being violently physically assaulted by an attacker looking for my wallet, shopping for gifts and opening these gifts on Christmas morning are all memories and events that I will forever cherish.

December is the busiest shopping month of the year. Millions of Americans are out and about shopping for friends and family and oftentimes will be carrying expensive gifts or have more cash on them than usual. You know who knows this? Santa Claus. He knows everything. You know who else knows this? Scumbags that won’t hesitate to rob someone in a mall parking lot while they are walking back to the car, gifts in hand.

So how should we help protect ourselves and our loved ones this holiday season? Well, you have a few choices. You could not go out to the stores and wait for this whole “holidays” nonsense to blow over, you could go to the stores armed to the teeth or you could go shopping and make sure you carry a small, extremely easy to carry and use personal alarm. I find the last choice is most suitable for the vast majority of adults and the safest option for all parties involved.

Most personal alarms work by emitting an extremely high decibel alarm that works as a deterrent against attackers and as a means for alerting anyone within ear shot that trouble is afoot. So for example, let’s say you were out one night picking up that last minute gift for little Billy and as you were leaving the store and walking back to your car you heard footsteps behind you. You see your car and it’s the only one in this corner of the parking lot so why would whoever is behind you be walking the same direction? As you turn to look the footsteps speed up and you look back you see a masked man coming right at you, his intentions none to disguised. If you were to have nothing on your person in the way of self-defense you could easily fall prey to this attacker but with a simple keychain alarm you can now have the upper hand in one of these all-too-familiar situations. If you were to simply press a button on one of these alarms it would emit an alarm so loud that the attacker may very well stop in his tracks and hot foot it out of the parking lot. If by some chance the attacker were to proceed at least the sound from the alarm would beckon others and mall security would no doubt be deployed.

So please take care this holiday season and be sure you and your loved ones know where to buy personal alarms.

Stay Safe,

Puzek Security Systems

Is It A Good Idea For Seniors To Carry Tasers?

Is it a good idea for seniors to carry tasers? That is a great question and one that unfortunately does not have a blanket answer of yes or no. That can only be answered by saying “it depends”. It depends on what kind of shape a senior citizen is in both physically and perhaps even more important mentally.

A taser is a wonderful form of non-lethal self-defense. Yes tasers have on some rare occasions taken a life but I would say that any weapon of self-defense that is even the least bit effective in saving a life is going to have some measure of inherent danger of possibly taking a life. Firearms, knives, baseball bats, chairs and even fists I would say can and, usually in all cases, will be more dangerous than a taser and all will almost assuredly leave the person with more serious and lasting injuries. Tasers work by disrupting the bodies nervous system. Basically the attacker, while being tased, will lose voluntary control over his or her own body. Once the electrical charge is stopped the person be tased should regain control within seconds. The same cannot be said for someone that has just received a bullet hole in their abdomen. That hole isn’t going to seal itself up in a matter of seconds, minutes or hours. It is going to require a professionals help or the person who has just been shot is most likely in grave danger.

So if a senior citizen (or anyone for that matter) is going to carry a weapon of self-defense i would much rather that weapon be a taser then any of the other weapons I mentioned above. But this still leaves us with the question of whether or not that weapon should be a taser. Seniors for the most part are not as able to handle themselves as they were in their younger days and in my opinion are a prime candidate for a taser. However, not just any senior citizen should be able to carry a taser. They should obviously be of sound mind and body and even-tempered. Anyone carrying a taser should be doing so in the hopes that they will never have to use it. Anyone that goes out hoping they get to use a taser is exactly the type of individual I don’t ever want to have walking the streets with such a weapon. A taser should be used only in the event that the user is in real trouble and an attack has already begun or is entirely imminent.

I absolutely think that the vast majority of seniors are capable of harnessing the responsibility of carrying a taser but please use proper judgment for yourself and take careful consideration when considering tasers for seniors.

Stay Safe,

Puzek Security Systems

Are Stun Guns Appropriate For Seniors? Only For The Ones Who Don’t Want To Get Robbed

I was just asked recently by one of my customers if I thought that a stun gun was an appropriate means of protection for his mother. As always I did not just say “Yes. Absolutely. You should get her one today”. I didn’t say that because I didn’t know until I had a chance to ask a few more questions. Age is not necessarily the determining factor in this decision. I know some individuals in their thirties who should not own a stun gun and some in their nineties who are more than capable of harnessing the power and responsibility that comes with carrying a stun device.

So what are the determining factors? In my opinion that boils down to two things. The physical and mental capacity to operate such a device and the maturity level of the potential operator. So if someone asks me if a stun device is appropriate for a particular senior citizen I usually counter by asking “Does this person drive a car?” If the answer is yes than I would say that person should be more than capable of handling a stun device. If you can legally cruise around at 55 miles per hour in a ton of steel than operating a handheld stun device should not present a problem for you.

An unfortunate and unavoidable fact of life is that as we get older we naturally get a tad slower and lose our ability to defend ourselves as easily as we could when we were younger. Another unfortunate and unavoidable fact of life is that there are bad people out there that will take advantage of someone they consider to be ‘weaker’ than themselves. One of the easiest and most effective ways for seniors to level the playing field is by carrying a stun gun.

Stun guns are wonderful because they are two things. Effective and non-lethal. Stun guns work by using high voltage and low amperage to temporarily disable an attacker for several minutes. The current temporarily disrupts the attackers neurological impulses that control voluntary muscle movement. Basically the attacker loses control of his or her own body and makes them lay down and act nice. The fact that they are non-lethal is great because we don’t need little old ladies, or anyone for that matter, walking around with a lethal device like a firearm and shooting first and asking questions later. That would be bad.

So if you are a senior yourself or know one whom you would like to see protected please consider stun guns for seniors.

Stay Safe,

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Electronic Dog Repellers Are Good For People Who Aren’t Trying To Get Rabies

Contracting rabies does not sound fun. After being infected with rabies the victim will feel flu-like symptoms after about 2 to 12 weeks from being bitten. Soon after the flu-like symptoms begin the victim will begin showing signs of anxiety, confusion, agitation and all sorts of really uncool things. Eventually these symptoms progress into complete and utter delirium and then finally death. In these late stages of the disease the very sight of liquids will send the victim into sheer uncontrollable panic. Much like the panic my brother Steve suffers when the bar he is at stops serving liquids. Almost no untreated rabies victim has ever lived. The very few who have survived have been left severely brain damaged. So to recap rabies makes you feel ill, then makes you completely lose your mind in sheer terror and then you die. Offhand I cannot think of too many things that would be worse than a rabies infestation. Let us thank our dear friend Mr. Louis Pasteur for coming up with the vaccine to this terrible disease many years before any of us were born. Could you imagine a time before the vaccine when people who suffered bites from a rabid dog were left to die a horribly excruciating death? Let us all take a moment to marvel at and thank Pasteur and modern medicine in general.

One of the ways to contract rabies is being bitten by a rabid dog. It is pretty rare to find a dog with rabies these days and I’m not sure why you would want to go looking for one but the best way to avoid being bit by a rabid dog is to keep your arms and legs out of it’s mouth. A good way to do that is to make sure no rabid dog gets close enough to do so. Let’s forget about rabid dogs for a moment and just try and not get bit by any dogs. There are plenty of canines out there capable of making us forget all about relatively ancient diseases and more about the gaping open wounds they have just left us with, if we are so obliged.

Electronic dog repellers are a great way to keep the distance between yourself and a dog you do not know and have no desire to get familiar with. There are two ways this beautiful little handheld device works. One is the discomforting but not harmful high frequency sound (20,000Hz-25,000Hz), audible to dogs but not to humans. And, the second is a super bright LED flashing strobe that temporarily blinds and confuses the dog. Both could come in very handy in some circumstances.

So if you live in an area where there are some questionable canines about you should seriously consider obtaining an electronic dog repeller.

Stay Safe,

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One Can Not Discuss Self Defense For Seniors Without Discussing Personal Alarms

We live in a crazy mixed up world. We always have and we always will. I truly believe that the vast majority of people today are more good than bad and only a select few can really be considered ‘evil’ people. With that said there are still a fair amount of people out there that will do harm to another and not think much of it. Usually because that person is one of those truly ‘evil’ folk or because he or she is whacked out on some drug or another and is no longer fully in control of their own thoughts or actions.

Nobody should be without a means of self-defense against these select few bad apples but more so than anyone a senior citizen should certainly have at their disposal some means of defending themselves should a situation arise that calls for such measures. I don’t think there is another item on the planet that is better suited for senior citizens than a personal alarm. Personal alarms are extremely easy to carry and more importantly even easier to use. The fact of the matter is that as we get older we lose some of our natural ability to defend ourselves and even if we didn’t who wants to get into a physical altercation if we don’t have to. If you are the type that can’t wait to find themselves in a physical altercation than you are probably the type I’m trying to save people from.

Most personal alarms work by emitting an extremely high decibel sound that will do one or both of two things…

A. It will scare the bejeezus out of your assailant, hopefully before they have the time to inflict any damage and …

B. Alert anyone that isn’t deaf and within earshot that something is happening.

So even if your assailant is, by some sheer coincidence, deaf as a post the chances are that everyone else with in screaming distance is not. And when those people hear something like the Mace brand Screecher alarm howling its extremely high decibel distress alarm they are going to pay notice and look in that direction. This is good for you and not so much for Mr. Assailant. The truth of the matter is that in the off chance you ever have to use a personal alarm that you won’t need to rely on others help. Mr. Assailant doesn’t want an audience when he is doing bad things and he or she is probably coherent enough to understand that the really loud noise coming from the alarm spells doom for them and they will most likely turn and run and wait for some other poor sap that wasn’t as well prepared as you.

So if you are a senior yourself or have a parent or grandparent whose safety you want to ensure as much as possible please consider them and buy a personal alarm.

Stay Safe,

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