I live in Miami but have family near Gainesville as well as many friends there. Many of my friends brought their kids home so I could give them firearms instruction. I assessed the capabilities and mindset before giving the class (which was free, I don't charge when there's a rapist killer on the loose and my friends are in danger) and if I felt they would be more of a danger to themselves, I'd recommend a stun device. Not "pepper spray" or "mace."
Danny Rolling is lucky he never met some of the folks I know in that area. He would have disappeared and then taken weeks to die in agony. Then he'd be nothing more than gatorbait and gas bubbles in the Florida Everglades.