Islandbuilder
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Pepper Spray?
After the recent posts about the legality of knives in Mexico, I thought I'd ask if anyone knows if we can openly and legally bring in Pepper Spray?
The stuff I have is Bear Spray, and we carry it when in bear country in Alaska (which is everywhere). It's a larger container, and has the words "Bear
Repellant" and a picture of a bear on the container (that makes it legal in Canada, whereas regular self-defense pepper spray isn't )
Any thoughts?
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paranewbi
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I take wasp spray along
Knock a horse over
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I've never been mugged by a horse! Bit and stepped on, but never mugged.
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Unfortunately, pepper spray and bear spray are close in defense......I prefer not to let anyone get that close to me.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
Unfortunately, pepper spray and bear spray are close in defense......I prefer not to let anyone get that close to me. |
Wasp spray, on the other hand, is made to shoot long distance....about fifteen feet.
After about a thousand pages of discussion in various threads on this subject, it was the general consensus thatpepper spray is on the approved list
of things to have. Of course, we have to remember where we are and nothing is as it should be when we expect it to be that way. 
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Defensible space is what the spray creates. There is only one weapon that extends the range of the sprays.
[Edited on 2-2-2012 by Udo]
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Defensible space
Anything closer than 30 feet is too close.
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Thank you all. The Bear Spray has an effective range of 25' and is intended to stop a charging Brown Bear. The stream looks like the one made famous
by the UC campus cop that hosed down the Mona Lisa. It's not a mist like the pocket versions produce.
Great idea about the wasp spray! That followed by a blast from my air horn would be pretty distracting.
My goal is to be so much trouble that the baddies move on to easier ground.
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30 feet is the outer reaches of wasp & hornet spray. Pepper spray is about 20 feet and bear spray is about 25 feet.
I will stand corrected on my "about" distances.
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Reach out
http://tinyurl.com/6weuow2
Cheap, effective, easy to carry
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...and touch some one.
Old faithfull...
http://youtu.be/IU_88TCXMkY
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Carol Kramer from Discover Baja told us bear spray and pepper spray was illegal in Baja. We have wasp spray but the conversation with Carol was before
we thought of that.
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I prefer to bring my .45 glock to Mexico. Better stopping power. 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by goldhuntress
Carol Kramer from Discover Baja told us bear spray and pepper spray was illegal in Baja. |
Next time you speak with Carol, ask her to verify that. I'll bet she can't.
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I use a pepper grinder but I'm old school.
Were it not for the abdomen, man would easily reckon himself a god.
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I have previously posted about this subject. Forget the pepper spray......use wasp spray! It's legal....it's a accurate 20 ft spay....It's
cheaper.....it's handy as hell.
Always do I have one when hiking (for wild animals)....traveling (for wild humans)... and one in the truck.
Here's a link ....for interesting reading.
http://www.snopes.com/crime/prevent/waspspray.asp
mcfez has attached this image:
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
I prefer not to let anyone get that close to me. |
I'm with you on that, I've never felt threatened enough
to arm myself with some deterent, who knows that may
change. Have heard the Wasp spray MAY cause permenent
blindness, if I was to use that on a Mex National, I
would hope I could get back across the border before
I had to explain it to a Mex Authority
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Thanks still keep on next to the bed... 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Spearo
I use a pepper grinder but I'm old school. |
What funny idea!! Thanks for the chuckle!
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