Lets begin with the purpose of carrying a self-defense product. Statistics reveal that property crimes have fallen while violent crimes continue to rise. Violent crimes include murder, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault. This is personal! It is most unfortunate that in this day and age we have to continually look over our shoulder. However, [...]
Pepper sprays, stun guns, kubotans, they all work well for preventing an assault, but does one self-defense weapon really work any better than another? There is no short answer to this question. Each personal defense weapon has advantages as well as disadvantages. I’ve already written a number of articles on how some of these weapons [...]
Christopher Winkler asked: Approximately thirteen million people (approximately 5% of the U.S. population) are victims of crime every year. Approximately one and a half million are victims of violent crime (source: Federal Bureau of Investigation). If you are a victim of a crime, it can make you react in ways that you can’t understand. During [...]
Every month we, the owners of the website WomenOnGuard.com, donate 25 non-lethal, self-defense products to an organization whose purpose is prevention and assistance in the war against violent crimes committed against women. Prevention is key. If we can assist in providing a means of self-protection to women, which will help in preventing such heinous crimes, [...]