Shivworks ECQC is a pivotal class for a lot of people, and I’m no exception. Among the changes that the course brought about for me was the realization that pepper spray is a very useful component of my EDC.
During the Managing Unknown Contacts portion of the class, the role-player I was working with was doing a very good job of getting in my head, keeping me talking, and being able to encroach.
I very quickly realized that “Man, I wish I had something a little more compelling to get this guy to f*ck off if he won’t just take ‘no’ for an answer!”
As I delved into the topic, I realized there were a bunch of benefits to carrying pepper spray.
Not only can OC go places were guns can’t/shouldn’t, but there are a lot more situations we’re likely to find ourselves in where a degree of force is justifiable, but the threshold for deadly force has not yet been met.
