It is estimated that fifteen million Americans own a can of pepper spray for self defense. Fortunately, most of those cans will never have to be sprayed. Unfortunately, however, most of the owners of pepper spray have never had any pepper spray training.
For a self defense weapon to be useful in a emergency situation, you need to be trained to use the weapon. You need to know how to remove the safety cap and spray your container of pepper spray before you are attacked. Remember, if the spray is pointed toward you, it will incapacitate you as well as it does an attacker.
You may be able to find pepper spray that also comes with a training aid that is filled with water. The aid is identical in size and activation to the actual spray, but can be used in training in order to prevent getting the spray on yourself. If you cannot find this type of spray, then you will need to buy two identical cans, one for training and one for self defense.
Training with pepper spray should be out of doors. Attach a paper target to a tree and practice opening the safety cap and spraying your attacker. Your initial goal is not for speed but for accuracy. Pepper spray can be effective up to twenty feet away.
The container needs to be held firmly between your palm and fingers. Use the thumb to flip open the cap. Then use the thumb or trigger finger to operate the button that sprays the contents at the paper target. Continue practicing until you can accurately shoot the spray at the target.
When you spray step aside and back. This will keep the spray out of your eyes and move you out of the way of the attacker.
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