Ideal Age of a Pepper Spray User

Concern for one's own safety or the safety of his loved ones should be a priority. With crime rates escalating to new highs, and with more low-income families moving into your neighborhood that once catered to the middle or upper class, one must be on guard in defense of himself or family members.

How to Carry Pepper Spray on Your Belt

If you plan to carry defense pepper spray on your belt underneath a shirt or jacket, position the spray upside down. If you role play with this, you will find that it is much easier to draw the weapon in a downward position off the belt as opposed to upward.

More Sting Operations Needed to Entrap Crooked Bureaucrats on the Take

Everyone knows or should have known that the bureaucracy is not the savior of our civilization that has been widely reported and purported over the last century. This does not mean that the United States is not the greatest nation in the world because it certainly is. Rather it is time to demand accountability and transparency in our government.

From Safety Cognizance to Self Defense

How do you know when you are assaulted? What exactly defines an assault situation? When do you switch from being safety cognizant and careful to being defensive and bringing the stun gun or defense pepper spray out?

Cho Seung-Hui, The Making of a Murderer - 15 Contributory Clues

What clues can we see throughout Cho Seung-Hui's time at Virginia Tech (VT) that would signal and lead up to the making of a murderer? NLP master practitioner, minister, and life purpose coach Paul Davis gives us 15 compelling contributory clues.

Virginia Tech Shooting Spree - Informing Your Children

Bad things happen everyday but catastrophes/massacres such as this are very infrequent. Children do not know this and when they come to know of something like this happening, there is a tendency for these children to worry, get scared, and even have nightmares. As a parent, it is your obligation to make sure that they understand that this is not very common.

Jumping the Gun - Losing Our Soul

Something has happened to America's foundation and it was quite evident at the V-Tech convocation. Something's wrong when people are trying to turn the targedy of V-Tech into a political form for gun control and safety.

Is a Citizen's Arrest Legal?

If you have ever watched Arts & Entertainment's Dog - The Bounty Hunter on cable TV and wondered how is it that the Dog, Duane Chapman, is allowed to make an arrest? Exactly what is he doing to force an arrest? Under what authority is he making an arrest? How is he allowed to wear a badge if he himself is a convicted felon?

Beating the Zodiac Killer

While the debate still rages who the Zodiac is there are lessons to be learned not just for police officers, but for the average citizen.

What is Jail Really Like? Interviewing Ex-inmates Reveals a New Level of Insight

Interviewing ex-inmates gives a revealing insight to what life is like in jail. Their real life experiences expose the realities of time in jail and awakens a new appreciation for daily freedoms.

Understanding Soft Body Armor

Many people are surprised when they handle soft body armor for the first time. In the first place it's not really all that soft but more importantly it is relatively flexible and lightweight and, as such, seems unlikely to be effective. How can cloth, which is essentially what this stuff is, stop anything, much less a bullet? Even more mystifying to the equation is that soft body armor cannot stop arrows or knives but it does stop the most common types of bullets!

Jail and Prison Ministry - Volunteer Chaplains Disciple Prisoners

High recidivism, hurting families, frustration and anger, all rooted in crime, can easily discourage the volunteers in prison ministry. Until we can get things in a proper perspective prison ministry can take on the appearance of an exercise in futility.

David Berkowitz - the Son of Sam

David Berkowitz, America's notorious serial killer called himself ‘Son of Sam’. He confessed to six killings and wounding many others but police estimate his killings to be much more than six. He was born to Betty Broder and Joseph Klienman, with whom she had an affair while married to Tony Falco. David Berkowitz’s original name was Richard David Falco.

Prison Chaplain - Role in Ministry

The Chaplain provides a vital part of the whole process within the law enforcement community. The primary goal of the prison Chaplain is to provide Pastoral care to the inmate. The Chaplain becomes pastor to the inmates as well as their teacher in spiritual matters.