Faced with the need to protect themselves, their home and their loved ones, a person always faces a problem: which means of self-defense to choose - electric, traumatic or still gas. If for the application of electric
weapons, for example, stun guns, too close contact with a suspicious person is required, then gas and
traumatic weapons operate at a greater distance. Of these two types, gas defenses are more popular. Before making such an important choice, you should figure out what types of gas weapons are divided into.
The most “harmless" type of such weapons are atomizers, popularly referred to as "gas canisters." Spray cans are distinguished by two criteria: type of jet and content. So, gas canisters are:
- aerosol, the contents of which are sprayed in the form of a cloud ;
- directional, with a narrower conical stream;
- jet, "firing" a narrow and elastic stream;
- foam or gel - their contents turn into foam or gel.
If we talk about the contents, then such a gas weapon is filled with pepper solution, tear gas or a mixture thereof. The effectiveness of the can directly depends on the concentration of these substances. Gas canisters are cheap, do not need a license, they are easy to use and can always be carried with you. One
However, they also have disadvantages: in winter, the contents of the spray can freeze, they cannot be neutralized by several people at once and applied in a small room. In addition, the contents of the spray can not affect a drunk person or drug addict.
A gas revolver or pistol is a more complex gas weapon. It fires not only ammunition with gas filling, but also light signal ammunition. Such a weapon differs from a military one only in that live ammunition is not suitable for it, since there are no necessary threads in the trunks of gas pistols. This gas weapon is not divided into any types. Such pistols differ only in the brands of manufacturers, with the best of them being produced by German and Russian firms. Before a gas spray gun has such an important advantage as range. The range of their action comp
It is about three meters, although the most effective gas pistols operate at a meter distance. In addition, such weapons are not afraid of frost, and it’s easier to frighten a criminal out of them than with a gas spray. But a license for gas weapons of this type is needed. The remaining disadvantages of
gas guns are identical to the disadvantages of gas cans. Applying them in a small room, you can harm not only the enemy, but also yourself. On drug addicts and drunken pistol gas is also weak.
When purchasing a gas means of self-defense, do not stop at pistols firing various types of cartridges, for example, gas and light. As a rule, such weapons are not particularly reliable. You should also make sure that the seller has a permit for gas weapons, since both pistols and spray cans must be licensed.