Posted: 8/4/2008 3:28:51 PM EDT
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No, not JBT story here, part of OC qualifications. Got my face painted with Red Sabre today at work. No fun at all - zero.  A good 7 hours later and my face still feels like I got a bad sunburn. I do feel a lot better than I did originally though. 
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You want to talk drama, some people lost their minds - cursing and yelling. I just walked in a circle holding my eyes open so I would tear up and get that stuff out of my system. The burning on my skin was no big deal - it was my eyes burning and not being able to see that was the hard part. |
That's it? Her class had to negotiate minor obstacles and strike multiple guys wearing pads before running across a finish line. I'm looking forward to that.  Last time I went to watch a class getting sprayed, they had to groundfight for 2 minutes while the instructor filled the room via a fogger. That one really sucked.
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We had to retain our weapons for a while. That was easier than I expected, probably because when you are blinded you clamp that pistol down in your holster, and fight like hell. |
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From a cite to remain nameless "Most pepper sprays are between 1/2 million and 2 million shu. Fox pepper spray is refined to 5.3 million shu, that's like the difference in heat between paper burning and a blue-hot blowtorch (about 451 degrees F vs 2000 degrees F.) However, because of its unique formulation it does not blister the skin. Public law enforcement agencies across the USA are using Fox pepper spray and Fox Labs Products. " Wether this is true or not, I'm not going to be the judge. 
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My vision cleared up quicker than most of the other guys and I can say that we were a pretty sorry/funny looking bunch of guys after the OC spray. |
Mace is a long, heavy blunt instrument often used as a weapon during the midieval era. OC is a spray derived from peppers. 
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That would be some scary crap right there, losing vision just when you need it the most. Ah well. I'll just try to get tased rather than sprayed during my many criminal endeavors.
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A lot of people panicked when they couldn't see. It was pretty scary feeling all that pain and not being able to see what was going on. You just have to calm down, breathe, and fight to get your eyes open. Tasers are in a couple weeks. They say that is painful, but in a far different way and there is zero recovery time. |
Smart ass! I was just commenting on the use of the term "Mace". I bet I would have a hell of lot people wanting to fight if I carried a Mace on duty.
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Don't work out or run the day before taser. |