For The Love Of All That Is Holy Please Use Careful Consideration When Deciding To Buy A Taser

Taser devices are extremely effective. Some studies have even shown that the TASER C2 has a higher instant incapacitation rate than a 9mm hand gun. That’s pretty effective. If an attacker is hit with a taser than they are going to stop attacking and start doing a whole lot of nothing. And one of the great things is that the attacker will, much more often than not, get to walk away (to jail) unharmed. Which for me personally beats sending another human off to a morgue. Whether it be in self defense or not.




That sounds great, doesn’t it? An effective yet non-lethal means of self defense to help protect the good, law-abiding citizens of the world. Unfortunately it isn’t that easy. Yes, tasers are non-lethal but at the end of the day we are talking about a gun that shoots out a projectile. The projectile being barbs (attached to wires) that stick into the attackers skin or clothing and then delivers a high voltage, low amperage current that causes a neuromuscular disruption. In other words it makes the attacker stop attacking and start convulsing uncontrollably until the current of electricity has stopped. To me that sounds like something not to be purchased on a whim and certainly not a device to be misused or taken lightly in any way, shape or form.



Please don’t get me wrong. I love tasers. If every firearm on the planet were to be magically and instantly replaced with a taser I think we would wake up tomorrow in a much safer world. I love what they can do if used as intended and that is protect good people from bad people and not have to worry about killing or seriously injuring that bad person in the process. I would just rest easier knowing the people that choose to buy a taser are doing it for the right reason and have serious respect and consideration for such a weapon.



Stay safe,



Puzek Security Systems

Guard Alaska Bear Spray Is The Most Important Thing You Will Ever Pack

Let’s say you go camping up in the beautiful northern woods of Wisconsin and you realize you forgot the tent poles. What a nightmare. That would truly be a pain in the you-know-what. But you know, you and the family would be okay. Except for the 3,471 reminders from the wife that she just knew you were going to forget something. Although that’s a great way to tell time. When she reminds you just know that it’s been 6-8 seconds since the last time that you were reminded.




Now let’s say you remember the tent poles but have forgotten the Guard Alaska bear spray and a bear has just decided to stroll on in to the campsite to see if you have any food it can take off of your hands. Let’s further say that it didn’t expect to see you but now that she has she’s concerned because her cubs have wandered to the other side of the camp and have inadvertently placed you somewhat in between a quarter-ton of black bear and her kids. I assure you that the worst case scenario here is far worse than whatever worst case scenario might occur if you forget tent poles. The worst case scenario here is that you die painfully. I’ll go ahead and take a wife nagging over a bear attack even though both can be agonizing.



Also, bears are creatures that deserve respect. I would say that few attacks take place because the bear was out looking for a human to attack. Many times it is due to the bear feeling threatened or feeling that its cubs were in danger. Bear spray essentially is the very same thing as pepper spray. A bear much like a human is going to stop acting a fool when their face feels like its temporarily on fire but they will live.



My point, as always, is not to make light of what could be a devastating event but rather to bring awareness to the fact that preventing such a potentially life altering (or ending) catastrophe could be easily and afford-ably prevented. Do not go camping or hiking or perform improvisational theatre anywhere where bears might be present without having Guard Alaska bear spray on your person.



Stay Safe,



Puzek Security Systems

Not Being The Victim Of An Attack Step 1: Buy A Personal Alarm

Here are some good pointers to help ensure that you never have to be the victim of a violent physical assault…




1. Don’t ask 300 pound bikers what the heck they are looking at and if they have a staring problem that you can help them correct.



2. While at the zoo with your family do not attempt to jump the fence and wrestle a 1,250 pound polar bear to impress the children.



3. Buy a small, completely non-lethal, harmless to carry yet entirely effective, personal alarm.



Now I know what you are saying. Two of those are obvious to any sane person. The third, however, is adhered to by almost nobody and to me that is insane. I’m not saying people should walk around, armed to the teeth just that we have a responsibility to ourselves and are loved ones to make sure that we keep ourselves safe. And one of the most easiest and cost effective ways to do that is with a personal alarm.



Personal alarms are like carrying a mini Walker Texas Ranger in your pocket. Except unlike when the real Walker enters the vicinity a raw, almost unwatchable carnage does not have to be unleashed on the bad guys. Just a real scare that gets them running in the other direction or at least gets help running in yours.



Most personal alarms work on the premise that when really loud noises occur peoples attention is drawn. They are very small and portable devices that help draw the attention of anybody in the vicinity. More importantly the potential attacker knows that. If some scumbag thinks he has an easy target and then that easy target pulls something out of their purse that starts shrieking at 130 decibels, that scumbag is going to know people are going to start looking to see what’s going on. And even if it’s some strung out crackhead that doesn’t much care if people are looking the fact of the matter is that they are looking. And people seeing what is going on is going to greatly increase you chances of minimizing the damage your attacker can do. So for your own sake I hope you would consider arming yourself with a personal alarm.



Stay Safe.



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Self Defense For Seniors Begins With Buying Pepper Spray

When you get older you naturally begin to lose speed, strength and agility. That is in no way, shape or form saying one needs to become a pushover at 75. Staying in shape through diet and exercise can truly be a fountain of youth in a very real sense. The fact of the matter is though that you are probably not as likely to win a physical altercation at 80 as you are at 30. It just is what it is and so let’s make sure that if we have perhaps lost a step we can still defend ourselves and in a relatively safe yet highly effective manner.


Pepper spray is non-lethal and is for the most part safe to carry. I say for the most part because at the end of the day pepper spray is effective for a reason. Because the stuff works really well. And with this effectiveness comes an inherent level of danger. Fortunately, more often than not the attacker receives nothing more than one of the most unpleasant feelings of his life and probable time trying to keep his ‘mean face’ on while eating in the cafeteria of the county prison.



For those of us still leery of choosing to carry pepper spray because of this danger let us ask ourselves what the alternative to carrying pepper spray can be. Let us say you are 75 and run into two or three 20 year old hoodlums that mean to take whatever money you have on you? Heck, forget what age something like that happens. Any one man is probably in some trouble in that situation unless he’s Walker Texas Ranger or something. Walker actually walks aroung looking for roaming gangs of 20 year olds to teach a lesson to. But he’s the exception. The rest of us need to ask ourselves if we are prepared for such situations. I would further say that the vast majority of us are not.



So let’s protect ourselves with some measure of self defense whether we are 75, 85, 95 or 25. I think the safest way to do this while still being effective is to buy pepper spray. You’re more than welcome to disagree with me it is just that you will be wrong. I’m just kidding. No I’m not.



Stay Safe.



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The Double Trouble Stun Gun. Double Is Always Better, Right?

How often is something that is double worse than it’s single counterpart? Double dating? Usually a good time. Especially if you just met the girl and you want to relieve some of the if-this-gets-ugly-I-need-to-talk-about-sports jitters.




Double Dutch? What’s wrong with getting out in the fresh air and skipping a little rope (or two)? I can’t personally bring myself to double dutch since the fateful Vouer Family Picnic of ’07 when I decided it was in my best interest to jump rope to humor my 9 year old niece and 5 year old daughter. I’m not saying that I’m uncoordinated per se but only that there is a reason I’m not catching footballs for a living. I guess I’m just a little short of jump-two-ropes-at-once coordinated is what I’m saying. But all in all that double dutch, or D squared as I like to call it is a wonderfully American past-time.



Double overtime? How great of a game are you watching if you’re viewing a double overtime? There’s a hard and fast rule that says NOBODY leaves to do anything during a double overtime. If you’re watching double OT and someone runs up and tells you that your car is out in the parking lot being towed? Well I guess you better practice waving for a taxi. Because you aren’t going anywhere.



Would you be mad if you told me to go get you a whopper and I accidentally went and got you a Double Whopper? I think not. The other way around? Have mercy.



I suppose things like double hernias should be left out of this logic. If you can call it ‘logic’.



One thing that should not be left out is the Double Trouble stun gun. Here is where double truly is. One thing, and by far the most imoportant, is that the contact space is double that of a normal stun gun. Having twice the contact space helps deliver a more powerful punch to your attacker. More contact space delivering more power is true in just about every aspect of physics. When’s the kast heavyweight you knew that had small hands? Would you rather get into a fender bender with a scooter or a cement truck?



Again, and I will reiterate this in just about every post, is that it is a means of self-defense that with few exceptions has proven not only to be non-lethal but leave your attacker relatively unscathed and unharmed. I have never used my stun gun and the good lord willing I never will. I don’t want to. I don’t enjoy hurting others even if it be in self defense. I just enjoy knowing that if I need to protect myself and any loved ones with me that I have that ability without having to take anothers life. Let’s care for one another but at the same time protect ourselves against those that have no intention of caring for us.



Stay Safe.



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Apartment Alarms Were Custom Built For People Who Aren’t Walker Texas Ranger

Do me a favor and raise your hand if your name is Walker and you are a Texas Ranger. Thank you. For those of you with your hand raised please disregard the following message. It is intended for people whose facial hair can not stop bullets. You my friend don’t need an apartment alarm. In fact you kind of hope somebody does break in. The rest of us hear the sound of breaking glass in the middle of the night and our hearts race and the hair on our necks stand up. Mr. Walker, you hear breaking glass in the middle of the night and you just think to yourself ‘Please God, let that be an intruder.’ Anyway, I think the rest of us should consider discussing how to keeping the place we live safe.




It’s kind of an interesting statistic. You are 85% more likely to be robbed living in an apartment than you are a single-family home. Yet very few renters have even the most basic of security systems installed in their apartment. And it costs very little to bring into your possession something that will detect motion when you are there or not and alert you of the fact that someone besides yourself is there unannounced. I don’t have actual facts to back this up but I would b willing to bet that most intruders upon trying to illegally enter a residence and hearing an alarm go off are most likely going to turn tail and run. Burglars don’t like being caught. That is pretty much the polar opposite of what they are trying to do.



If not a motion detector than how about something as simple as a door stop. Or a galss breakage alarm. These are items that are so easy to install and can do so much to literally save your life. And we’re talking about obtaining items like this and protecting yourself and anyone who lives with you for so very little. It just doesn’t make any sense not to do so.



So for those of us that are not the man they call Walker and can’t incapacitate an intruder by simply staring at them, please consider protecting yourself and any loved ones who live with you by installing some sort of alarm system in your apartment.



Stay Safe.



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