humane self defense week: byrna sd pepper kit. $399

Just like for LEO and Military personnel, firearms are not always the answer to every self defense situation we might encounter as civilians. Similarly for our judicial system, the death penalty doesn't fit every crime (thankfully). However, if you're like me, the firearms in your safe are all potentially lethal, so what happens when you need to arm yourself in the middle of the night? Everything from pesky raccoons, pranking kids, a drunk mistaking your house for theirs and burglars alike all face the same sentence as you arm-up for the role of judge, jury and potential executioner. Could you (and they) benefit from a weapon less terminal as punishment for their mistake?

What if the situation calls for a spanking and not the firing squad? What if you're out for a run and the neighbor's off-leash dog decides to follow it's chase-and-bite instinct? Or hiking in bear country where firearms are not permitted? Or live in an area that won't issue a carry license? Or you're generally concerned by the state of the World and feel you want to be armed, but an actual firearm feels like too much responsibility? If any of these shoes fit, the Byrna SD .68Cal Pepper Kit might be more humane and legally savvy than your usual EDC recommendation. You can buy this HSD (Humane Self Defense) without any background check, without paying your usual FFL fee and without worrying where you're going to find ammo. Just go on line, purchase and wait for the box to arrive at your home. Byrna uses it's own 8gram CO2 powerlets, so be aware of that (unofficially you can use cheaper soda siphon powerlets) - whereas other brands of CO2 HSD's allow you to use the inexpensive 12oz powerlets available at any Walmart. The advantage of the Byrna however, is it is more compact than some other alternatives yet still uses the readily available .68Cal projectiles - you can use paint, pepper, salt, powder, PVC , rubber or steel composite balls produced by a variety of manufacturers.

In this day and age we are increasingly ready to protect what's ours with lethal force (as is our right) - however I suspect any honorable person with a conscience is going to have regrets if they end up killing an unarmed person over a few replaceable possessions. Restraint is the true measure of power. To soberly observe the situation and make an intelligent assessment of a threat is what we ask of our LEO's every single day: take note of how society is overly ready to blame them whenever they make a poor judgement call. Most situations you might encounter will entail the absence of cops to help you - you'll need to make those quick judgement calls on our own - so having both options at hand will allow you to make the terminal or the moral decision depending on what the moment calls for. 

This is the Byrna WEBSITE.
This is the WEBSITE for Riot Balls who make a cool array of .68Cal projectiles.