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  2. Protect Yourself With These 11 Self-Defense Weapons - AOL

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    Self-Defense Kit with Pepper Spray and Stun Gun with Flashlight. Sabre is a well-known name in the world of self-defense products. This duo set of pepper spray and a stun gun is all you need to ...

  3. 9mm P.A.K. - Wikipedia

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    9mm P.A. (Pistole Automatik, German for "automatic pistol"), 9×22mm or 9mm P.A.K. (Pistole Automatik Knall, "automatic blank pistol") is a firearm cartridge for a non-lethal gas pistol noisemaking gun. Caliber 9mm P.A. includes various blank, gas or rubber ammunitions made for different use. 9mm P.A. Blank has also been used for theatrical ...

  4. Pepper-box - Wikipedia

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    A pepperbox by Allen & Thurber, one of the most common American designs A mid 19th century four barrel Russian pepperbox revolver. The pepper-box revolver or simply pepperbox (also "pepper-pot", from its resemblance to the household pepper shakers) is a multiple-barrel firearm, mostly in the form of a handgun, that has three or more gun barrels in a revolving mechanism.

  5. Electroshock weapon - Wikipedia

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    An electroshock weapon is an incapacitating weapon. It delivers an electric shock aimed at temporarily disrupting muscle functions and/or inflicting pain, usually without causing significant injury. Many types of these devices exist. Stun guns, batons (or prods), cattle prods, shock collars, and belts administer an electric shock by direct ...

  6. Mace (spray) - Wikipedia

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    Mace is the brand name of an early type of aerosol self-defense spray invented by Alan Lee Litman in the 1960s. The first commercial product of its type, Litman's design packaged phenacyl chloride (CN) tear gas dissolved in hydrocarbon solvents into a small aerosol spray can, [1] usable in many environments and strong enough to act as a deterrent and incapacitant when sprayed in the face.

  7. Non-lethal weapon - Wikipedia

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    In the 1980s and 1990s officers began deploying non-lethal personal sidearms such as pepper sprays, and eventually electroshock weapons such as tasers, which were developed for use by police and also found a market in self-defense by private citizens. However, these weapons were developed for non-lethal resolution of one-on-one conflicts.

  8. Pepper-spray projectile - Wikipedia

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    A pepper-spray projectile, also called a pepper-spray ball, pepper-ball, pepper bomb, or pepper-spray pellet, is a frangible projectile containing a powdered chemical that irritates the eyes and nose in a manner similar to pepper spray. These projectiles are fired from specially designed forced compliance weapons or modified paintball guns.

  9. Taser - Wikipedia

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    Raysun X-1, a multi-purpose handheld weapon. A TASER is a conducted energy device (CED) primarily used to incapacitate people, allowing them to be approached and handled in an unresisting and thus less-lethal manner. Sold by Axon, formerly TASER International, [1] the TASER fires two small barbed darts intended to puncture the skin and remain ...