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I've been dealt pepper spray and CS gas. They wouldn't taser us in the academy although many of us asked to be tasered.
Pepper spray sucks but it isn't debilitating. We were sprayed, had to fight off an attacker who was using an air shield and then call for help on our radios.
I've been CS'ed and I didn't think it was that bad. It sucks because my eyes and nose were running like an open faucet but the pepper spray was more painful and lasted longer.
Everyone will have a different reaction to them though. I do agree the "fear" affect is what gets most people. I'm not portraying myself as a bad ass or anything but I knew full well before getting hit with either was the physiological effects would be and mentally steeled myself for them and knew that the mind is stronger than the body.
On another note, I was part of some training where I was a bad guy with a simunition gun. A recruit (big ol' boy former Div 2 lineman) was shot in the arm and stopped. When asked why he stopped, he said it was because he was shot and dead. I, and an instructor were ??????. You're never out of the fight unless you cannot move. The recruit has went on and become a fine officer though.
This one still makes me laugh. I was again a bad guy with a simunition gun. Scenario was I was playing loud music and the officers came to my house to talk to me about it. They didn't know but I was armed and anti police. I started shooting at them from about 10' feet away. This was taking place in a hallway (think apartment building) so nowhere for them to seek cover so they rushed me. I ended up being tackled by one and had a misfire. I tapped, racked, and continued to fire until I gun was empty. I was not a full time instructor (just a volunteer) and, after that scenario, one of the instructors informed me that inside 5' or so, we do a "safety kill." That is where you basically say "bang" and not actually shoot. He did compliment me on my malfunction clearing during the scuffle. "Nice malfunction clearance but..."
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