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JerryM · July 3, 2013, 03:19 PM

I sometimes carry the Fox 2 oz spray. Personally I prefer the foam in spite of some advice to the contrary. I have found too many times when I empty an old can some blows back in my face, and I must be more sensitive than most because it takes very little to have me coughing

I have a friend who, as a police officer, had to spray three toughs at a lake on a holiday. They were drinking, and when my friend attempted to get them orderly they decided to throw him in the lake. As they started toward him he gave each one squirt with OC Foam and each collapsed as if shot. They were helpless for awhile.

I carry foam in my car, and do not want to have to use spray and have it blind me. Foam is not as likely to blow back on me as the Spray.
Everyone does not react the same, but the fact that some hardened criminal does not react does not mean that is not valuable for most confrontations.

So I will continue to use the Fox foam spray. Probably will never need it anyway.

Jerry

July 3, 2013, 03:19 PM	#17
JerryM Senior Member Join Date: April 4, 1999 Location: New Mexico Posts: 1,889	I sometimes carry the Fox 2 oz spray. Personally I prefer the foam in spite of some advice to the contrary. I have found too many times when I empty an old can some blows back in my face, and I must be more sensitive than most because it takes very little to have me coughing I have a friend who, as a police officer, had to spray three toughs at a lake on a holiday. They were drinking, and when my friend attempted to get them orderly they decided to throw him in the lake. As they started toward him he gave each one squirt with OC Foam and each collapsed as if shot. They were helpless for awhile. I carry foam in my car, and do not want to have to use spray and have it blind me. Foam is not as likely to blow back on me as the Spray. Everyone does not react the same, but the fact that some hardened criminal does not react does not mean that is not valuable for most confrontations. So I will continue to use the Fox foam spray. Probably will never need it anyway. Jerry __________________ Ecclesiastes 12:13 ¶Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.