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FromDK on 28 January 2016
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sc94597 said:
KungKras said:
sc94597 said:

Why exactly is pepper spray illegal in the first place? How many violent crimes are commited with pepper spray in places it is legal? What exactly does the Danish government recommend a woman to do if she is being raped/assaulted and nobody is around?

 

I could just as easily ask you what the US goverment recommends doing if some asshole decides to pepper spray you into blindness because of a personal dispute.

Unlike pepper-spray assaults, rape assaults actually exist at a high enough proportion and have much more devastating effects (mental health issues.) Pepper spray saves more people than it harms by probably an order of magnitude (albeit I haven't looked into actual statistics on this matter.) 

That may be true in your contry.. but not in denmark.. attack.. use in fight.. just mad at some.. would be (are) the fare biggest.. (proberly 99% of the times)

We have very few rapes (0,8 of 100.000) and a pepper spray dont do much if a man comes from behind.. If the girl not have spotet him.. has the spray in the hand.. spraying the right way.. no head vind.. and not in chok.. and even so she sprays directly in the rappist eyes.. he still could hold her down.. hold/hit her until he can see again.. (and mayby more violent/mad) 

That means that mayby 1 or 2 first year will excape a rape by using Pepper spray.

That may sound good.. But think of future rappist who would expect peperspray.. (glasses/ready to close eyes and proberly use more violent)

And remember how it is now..

If some are afraid.. a pepper spray is easy to get.. the attacker dont expect as if they where legal.. and if it is ever used (The change of being assultet is very low) its just a litle fine..