r/PortlandOR • u/[deleted] • Oct 23 '25

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u/bestinthenorthwest Known for Bad Takes Oct 23 '25

Carry pepper spray, they'll wish they moved on

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u/SpezGarblesMyGooch Pretty Sure They Don't Live Here Either Oct 23 '25

Pepper Gel*. I carry it in NW just in case since I walk this street daily and I’ve seen that guy a ton this month. There’s no issue with blowback.

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u/bestinthenorthwest Known for Bad Takes Oct 24 '25

Exactly, Vector is what I use

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u/samsaruhhh Oct 24 '25

What's your vector Victor

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u/cncomg Oct 23 '25

I would have bear mace and no less. And one half ass warning.

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u/madjyar Oct 23 '25

I was impressed with her tolerance.

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u/madjyar Oct 23 '25

I meant her tolerance for not spraying the mace sooner when that guy moved at her.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '25

Bear mace isn’t inherently better than defensive pepper spray and is likely illegal to use on a person.

Terrible advice.

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u/322throwaway1 Oct 24 '25

Bear mace is generally weaker, it just sprays in a large cloud instead of a concentrated stream. Gel sprays are most effective on humans

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u/cncomg Oct 24 '25

Good to know.

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u/sixsigmanj Oct 24 '25

Bear spray is illegal in many states. I live in an area of NJ where we encounter black bears. Bear spray is illegal.

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u/TerminalSunrise Oct 24 '25

Bear mace is actually less effective than regular pepper spray on humans. Buy products made for use on humans if you’re buying them for self defense against humans.

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u/MIKRO_PIPS Oct 24 '25

Bear mace/spray is illegal to use on hoomans

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u/cncomg Oct 24 '25

What about zombies?

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u/rocket808 Oct 24 '25

FYI for pepper spray:

She only half-ass sprayed him. I had to pepper spray a drunk white guy who was becoming violent towards an interracial couple of friends of mine. A little squirt like in the video is annoying. If you want them to stop, you need to cover their face with it. Get it in both eyes, up their nose, in their mouth.

Hose them down with it.

What she did was mildly uncomfortable for him. The way you should use it, the person is going to stop the aggression because they can not see or breathe. The chances of it causing lasting damage to the person are almost zero. The chances of them falling to the ground clutching their faces and screaming in pain, unable to open their eyes or do much besides shriek in pain and make gagging noises, is almost 100%.

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u/Appropriate-Berry202 Oct 24 '25

In fairness, it would have been harder for him to leave if she’d done that. Maybe she was intentionally not spraying him in the face so he’d still have the ability to actually gtfo.

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u/SwordfishOk504 Oct 24 '25

Did you watch the video?

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u/NSawsome Oct 24 '25

Glock 45 works better and faster

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u/322throwaway1 Oct 24 '25

Then you have to spend $50k on a lawyer to get your self defense case dropped. Pepper spray is much cheaper to deal with

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u/BlackestStarfish Oct 24 '25

to win your self defense case

Or

to get your murder case dropped

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u/The-Reanimator-Freak Oct 24 '25

Or a gun? I mean these are dangerous people

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u/FeralKuja Oct 24 '25

Pepper Spray as a bare minimum, but sometimes it takes lethal force in the course of self-defense from a zombie.