They shoot dogs, don't they?
Bike Snob NYC has alerted me to the availability of pepper spray for cyclists in a weight-saving 100g pack.
"Kimber refers to it as a "non-lethal weapon", and as one of the world's premier manufacturers of 1911 pistols, they know lethality".
Of course, the sort of cager who needs a face full of oleoresin capsicum in this country is more likely to mow you down first and then get out of the car and gloat - or to just keep their misted up windows closed and stare straight ahead - so I have to carry a 4 lb gun to shoot their windows out, and my pepper spray. That's no good, is it?
The other uses of the spray are for dogs and bears. Bears. I expect any bear is going to take the pepper spray from me and use it as seasoning while it chews on my tasty ass.
Oh, and googling for Dog cycling pistol brings up Dog vs Tandem.
"In by gone days, there were pistols made for cyclists that fired "dog rounds". This was probably a small caliber round just big enough to dispatch a bow-wow without doing too much damage to bystanders. I've always thought that ratshot in a compact .22 might be good for dogs, but haven't tried it. Gun laws are a bit convoluted and strange."
Dogs have never been a nuisance for me. I had one occasion where I almost bifurcated a daschund when my brake cable snapped in an emergency stop, but I missed him. Hopefully he's still dashing around*
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* John Hegley, of course
"Kimber refers to it as a "non-lethal weapon", and as one of the world's premier manufacturers of 1911 pistols, they know lethality".
Of course, the sort of cager who needs a face full of oleoresin capsicum in this country is more likely to mow you down first and then get out of the car and gloat - or to just keep their misted up windows closed and stare straight ahead - so I have to carry a 4 lb gun to shoot their windows out, and my pepper spray. That's no good, is it?
The other uses of the spray are for dogs and bears. Bears. I expect any bear is going to take the pepper spray from me and use it as seasoning while it chews on my tasty ass.
Oh, and googling for Dog cycling pistol brings up Dog vs Tandem.
"In by gone days, there were pistols made for cyclists that fired "dog rounds". This was probably a small caliber round just big enough to dispatch a bow-wow without doing too much damage to bystanders. I've always thought that ratshot in a compact .22 might be good for dogs, but haven't tried it. Gun laws are a bit convoluted and strange."
Dogs have never been a nuisance for me. I had one occasion where I almost bifurcated a daschund when my brake cable snapped in an emergency stop, but I missed him. Hopefully he's still dashing around*
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* John Hegley, of course