uhoh, Gotta hide the MACE!

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A few months ago I had to go downtown to one of the federal buildings where security is VERY tight. When they put my purse thru the scanner I was stopped COLD.

“You can’t enter, ma’am. You’re carrying mace.”

Huh? :confused:

Everyone stared at me.

Then I remembered. In the bottom of my purse I had a keychain with mace attached. This was not the cheap pepper spray – it’s the real stuff used by police, given to me by a friend in law enforcement. (I’d forgotten I have it.) So I had to leave the premises. I walked about a block and hid it in a planter of flowers. Then I went back, conducted my business, and retrieved my mace.

Today I have to go back there, and I’m making sure to leave the mace at home.

Good to know they're doing their job! :D
 

I carry mace when I jog. I only had to use it once on a pit bull. The dog was not yet full grown, according to the owner. The dog was following me and acting weird. I kept an eye on him and when I turned the corner to change streets, he started coming at me and jumped at me, like he wanted to knock me down. I put my left arm up to protect myself and he chomped down on it. I had on a fairly heavy jogging jacket, but he was still able to get his canine teeth through the material and puncture the skin. A couple of neighbors witnessed this happening and called 911. I was able to get him off of me and I kicked him in the head, which did make him pause for maybe 5 or 6 seconds. This gave me enough time to reach into my pocket and grab my mace. Just as I armed the canister, he came at me again and this time I sprayed him in the face. He stopped immediately and began to rub his face and eyes with his paws and also was sneezing/coughing. The cop arrived within a few minutes and he had some dog treats that he offered to the dog, which when he came over to the officer to get them, the cop put a lasso attached to a pole over his head and restrained him until animal rescue arrived. The cop insisted that I go to a hospital and wanted to call for an ambulance.

After I had convinced the officer that I would immediately go to my own doctor, he said that he would trust me to follow through with my promise, but he would call the doctor to make sure that I did visit him. The cop said the owner would be fined and that the dog had to be quarantined for 10 days to check for rabies because the dog had no rabies tag on his collar. What a day that was. BTW, I was contacted by the officer and he wanted to know if I would be suing the owner. I told him, no, unless I became ill.
 
Yes. The police officer called me after the 10-day period had elapsed and told me that the dog was clean. Here's the rest of the story. The dog was 8 months old and weighed about 65 lbs. Normally, the daughter, who is older, walks the dog every morning before going to school. On this particular day, however, she was ill and wanted to stay in bed, so the Son had to walk the dog. He was only 7 years old and too much for him to handle. The dog was able to get away from the young man. The Officer had called the mom at work and told her what had happened and that she had to leave her job and go to the Veterinarian that was going to be boarding the dog to pay upfront the charges. The cop also gave her a fine at the Doc's office.

The cop told me that if I wanted to sign a complaint, he would have the dog destroyed. It is not of my nature to make such choices, so I passed on signing any complaint and told the cop that the family would have to make that decision. The family consists of a Mom, one daughter and one son. She is divorced from her husband and she told the cop that the kids love the dog and he has never shown any signs of being aggressive until he attacked me. (It figures.) The wound did not require any stitches, so the doctor just cleaned it and wrapped it for 48 hours, at which time, the wrapping could be removed. I did not know it, but the state law requires that any and all victims of dog bites must be seen by a doctor, if the bite wound is open and bleeding. I was fine the next day and did not have to miss working, so I just wanted to move on. I did get a nice card from the lady and her two kids, which was handwritten and saying they wished me well and also thanking me for not signing a complaint, which I though was nice.

I do still run (jog) on that area, but have never seen the dog since that day and really do not care to, either.
 
Old man that was quite a run in you had with the dog and I'm glad you came out of it ok. Sort of the same thing happened about 2 miles up the road from me only it was 3 pitts had a man on the ground so a neighbor went out with a gun and shot all of the dogs. I'm glad he didn't hit the guy too. Anyway, it was a big deal in the news here for awhile. I used to carry pepper spray and now that I'm going down to the big city for awhile I think I'll get some more.

Applecruncher, once we were going into a Federal Building for some reason and the security found a pocket knife or else it was one of those Leatherman mult-tool things in my husband's pocket. The guy was real nice and said he'd keep it for him till we came out of the building and he did just that. :) We were surprised they gave it back.
 
If you did that in the UK (hie the Mace) the country would grind to a halt.

It's the symbol of the Queen's authority in Parliament and mus be present while they sit!
 
That reminds me of the time myself and a bunch o' my maties finished up our pirate recreations at a local fair and, finding ourselves still hungry after devouring untold numbers of turkey legs, decided to stop in at the local diner.

I guess they weren't used to being invaded by a band of hungry pirates and wenches, because all conversation stopped except for a few muffled "OOOoohs!" when we took off our weapons and laid them on the table.

Everyone kept a wary eye on us for the whole meal.
 
oldman said:
Yes. The police officer called me after the 10-day period had elapsed and told me that the dog was clean. Here's the rest of the story. The dog was 8 months old and weighed about 65 lbs. Normally, the daughter, who is older, walks the dog every morning before going to school. On this particular day, however, she was ill and wanted to stay in bed, so the Son had to walk the dog. He was only 7 years old and too much for him to handle. The dog was able to get away from the young man. The Officer had called the mom at work and told her what had happened and that she had to leave her job and go to the Veterinarian that was going to be boarding the dog to pay upfront the charges. The cop also gave her a fine at the Doc's office.

The cop told me that if I wanted to sign a complaint, he would have the dog destroyed. It is not of my nature to make such choices, so I passed on signing any complaint and told the cop that the family would have to make that decision. The family consists of a Mom, one daughter and one son. She is divorced from her husband and she told the cop that the kids love the dog and he has never shown any signs of being aggressive until he attacked me. (It figures.) The wound did not require any stitches, so the doctor just cleaned it and wrapped it for 48 hours, at which time, the wrapping could be removed. I did not know it, but the state law requires that any and all victims of dog bites must be seen by a doctor, if the bite wound is open and bleeding. I was fine the next day and did not have to miss working, so I just wanted to move on. I did get a nice card from the lady and her two kids, which was handwritten and saying they wished me well and also thanking me for not signing a complaint, which I though was nice.

I do still run (jog) on that area, but have never seen the dog since that day and really do not care to, either.
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The mom (and the daughter) were so stupid! A seven year old has no idea how to read body language in a dog and besides a 65 pound dog is so strong, there's no way a 7 year old could hold him back even if all he wanted to do was play! My daughter adopted a pit mix who had issues with other dogs and was never properly trained and when she first got him, she used two leashes and a collar and one of those dog halters just so he couldn't get away from her. And before she got him, she made a point of learning all about alpha-dogs, body language, training techniques and so on. Now though Hooch has turned into a great dog because she knew what she was doing and prepared in advance for understanding him.

So to turn a little kid out with a powerful dog is just nuts. I'm so glad that you weren't more seriously hurt.
 
Ken N Tx said:
I was told that the bug spray the squirts 25 feet is better than mace..
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Yes, but you can get into a LOT of trouble using it that way, at least in several states.

Bug sprays usually use pyrethins, which have not been tested on humans for non-lethality.

Besides, there are now pepper sprays that can easily spray 25'.
 

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