Posted on 02/16/2022 6:35:57 AM PST by thegagline
New York women are feeling “unsafe” in the wake of Christina Yuna Lee’s brutal stabbing death Sunday — prompting a rush to buy pepper spray across the Big Apple, business owners said.
“Manhattan used to be an oasis, now I’m looking over my shoulder to make sure I’m not being followed,” Elise Hsu, a 34-year-old real estate agent who lives in Chinatown, told The Post Tuesday.
“This is every woman’s nightmare. I spend my time thinking will I be harassed? Raped? Murdered in my own home?” she continued.
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The Post spoke with nearly a dozen women Tuesday who said they no longer feel safe in the Big Apple and five businesses that sell pepper spray that have either seen a recent uptick in sales or more women purchasing the self-defense tool.
“It has become a popular item, yes,” said a staffer at F&J Police Equipment in The Bronx.
We’ve had some women, also some men who were buying it for their wives or girlfriends or daughters,” the worker said, adding some have expressed fear for their safety when making the purchase.
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Pepper spray is legal to carry in New York by anyone over the age of 18 who has not been convicted of a felony or an assault but it can only be used for the purpose of self-defense, according to state law. Those seeking to purchase the tool must provide identification to prove their age and sign a statement attesting they’ve never been convicted of a felony or assault.
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Yep, you can bet the lieberals will end up making pepper spray illegal in short order.
After that they will put out a PSA telling women to no resist it is safer for them.
This has literally already been the case in some European countries now.
Will pepper spray even work if the perpetrator is wearing glasses and a mask?
There should be a combo pepper spray + dye available. So that when the perp runs away, they’re easy to identify. Just like when they rob a bank and the dye pack explodes.
.45 ACP’s work better.
Something good like Fox Labs spray shouldn’t really need a direct hit. I wouldn’t rely only on it if I had a choice. Unless they’re extremely psycho or extremely drugged up, should work with upper body hit even with mask.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07P83CVSF?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details
Invisible UV dye for suspect identification under black light.
A Saturday Night Special would be more effective and rid the streets of these vermin pretty quick.
But I digress.
I'm sure she's looking over her shoulder for the "White Supremacist" that the media keep telling her she should fear and loathe.
YGWYVF
These same women voted for this and will vote for it again under the guise of virtue grandstanding. Enjoy your nest.
“45 ACP’s work better”
That didn’t work out so well for Bernard Goetz
If only the Supremes would throw out the Sullivan laws to give these gals some real firepower.
I recently read an article about the NY State Assemblywoman representing the 65th District - Chinatown and lower Manhattan. Her name is Yuh-Line Niou
She is all-in on no cash bail, BLM, and woke causes in general.
So, she was elected by the people complaining right now. Maybe they should first talk to her.
...oh wait, there are videos on the web showing how the face diaper doesn't stop pepper spray molecules which are exponentially larger than coronovirus particles.
The defense against such attacks is a District Attorney who isn't a Socialist and a city that isn't so financially broke that it insists on releasing violent felons back into the population. In addition, fines, imprisonment, and forfeiture of pensions for those in New York government who deny citizens their inalienable right to keep and bear arms, and allow others in government to do it as well.
Cops are so determined to not do their jobs that their blacklights will never work. It needs to be plainly visible.
13 do 56, after all...
It would work well if one could put some acid in a spray can.
Can’t make rubbing alc in a spray bottle illegal.
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