I would go for a tazer over a stungun. Tazers give you distance, they incapacitate better, you can squeeze the trigger again if they continue attacking, and you can always dry stun with them as well. There is a new company that is making a mass market tazer for the public. Seems pretty good. Check out
http://www.taser.com/self_defense/index.htm
I think this would be ideal for when you can't carry.
Wage out
Wagemage:
Thanks for the link.. I checked them out, but at $349.95 + $49.95 I'm afraid the price of the Taser would be about the same as the price of another nice firearm.. And I really believe you could cc a firearm in most places you could a taser.
Another concern, I'm not sure my bride of almost 40years (she's 63) would be able to use a taser product in a crisis.. I'm afraid she won't be able to use her Colt Cobra or Keltec P32 now, so for my situation the "Small Fry" pager is simply the best option.
This particular pager is very small, carries a million volt wallop, and costs less than $45.00. I DO think my wife could hold the small pager in her hand with sufficient strength (and presence of mind) to "jab" and hold this against an attacker long enough to dissuade him to leave her alone.
Additionally, even tho we are senior citizens, we are not senile senior citizens.. We are both into "situational awareness" to the extent that we pay attention to our surroundings, particularly when we are out of our home base (comfort zone). We live in the country in a rural area in S.E. Ga.where chances for confrontation are minimal.. (So minimal as to be basically non-existent). We have more concern for the times we are in a nearby larger urban city, or traveling.. When we ARE traveling and such I am so situational aware as to almost be paranoid.. I prefer a touch of paranoia, it keeps you sharp.
One advantage we have over younger folks is that most people would never consider we even might be armed.. Ninety-nine . nine % of young people assume (love that word) that old people are completely defenseless. I think it would come as somewhat of a surprise to most bg's when my Crimson Trace equipped Sig P239, or CT equipped S&W Airweight Bodyguard showed up when only my billfold was requested.... Or, in an area where we could not have these weapons, a million volt stun gun..
I NEVER want to have to shoot anyone. I know it won't be popular to most folks to hear, but I will willingly give up valuables, vehicle, etc. before I kill someone over their potential loss.. I will NOT however, if I can in any way prevent it, willingly stroll back into the "storage room" of some 7/11 "stop 'n rob" when some gangbanger tells me to , nor will I willingly allow myself, wife, loved ones, or friends be hurt badly by some thug without trying, "trying" the operative word here, to protect us ALL.
I've owned firearms since I was 12 yrs old.. That would be 52+ years. I have been cc since 1966.. That would be over 40+ years. I have never, at this point, had to brandish, much less fire, my weapon in my defense. It is my firm hope that when I'm "room temperature and toes up" I will still have maintained that record.
But if the time comes that I'm in the "wrong place at the wrong time" I want SOMETHING to protect myself and others from. Most of the time I do have a concealed firearm on my person. For those rare times when legally I cannot have a firearm concealed I prefer the stun gun to harsh words.
Don't get me wrong. If they ever market a taser that I can afford, and it is small enough to be cc easily I'll probably buy one, (or two). But I believe that most places where I might be in potential danger for deadly confrontation I can carry a firearm as easily as I could have a taser.
I think the little "Small fry" will give my wife reasonable protection from assault. If a person grabs her and tries to hurt her physically the stun gun offers her protection when she might otherwise have none.
If a bg has threatened her with a firearm, then nothing she might be carrying would be of help..
It's all a crap shoot.
Thanks again for the link tho..
Best Wishes,
J. Pomeroy