Monday, February 1, 2010

Just breath, the requiem

At this weekends class, I passed some spare brass and a box of cans of OC to HSOI. The brass was excess. (Yeah I know you can never have too much brass but in .38SPCL I really did.)

Topic of this post is actually the OC. You see, misbeHaven has Asthma. Didn't know it at the time but when a can of OC leaked on the Kitchen counter she had a reaction to it on the other end of the house! This is an indication that maybe she shouldn't be around OC. It was much later that her breathing actually got to a point where the asthma was diagnosed but that was an indicator looking back on it.

So the take away is, IF YOU ARE GOING TO CARRY OC, MAKE SURE NOT ONLY YOU BUT ALL LOVED ONES ARE OK AROUND IT!

That is important, this is a life saving tool and if using it causes a potentially life threatening or even a hindering effect on a loved one, maybe it isn't the right tool for you. It would really suck to deploy it in a defensive situation only for you or your loved one to go down and need immediate lifesaving medical attention as a result.

Just a word to the wise from personal experience.

2 comments:

  1. That is one of the major reasons I didn't go with OC as a less lethal option.

    I have asthma. My father who stayed with us before he passed had COPD.

    Not exactly conducive to having OC used around us.

    Great post and important to point out.

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  2. Very good point and thanks for mentioning it. Dad has COPD, so OC spray wouldn't be good to keep around the house. He's fine with gunpowder, though, so range trips aren't problems. :)

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