Amen, Ribit. Years ago, in Houston, at the church I was attending, a woman was by herself in the building when a man broke in. She pepper sprayed him, but he shrugged it off and viciously attacked her.
Pepper spray is useless against psychopaths. It only makes 'em madder and more aggressive. A 45 to center mass works wonders at short cutting that problem.

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