Re: anyone else ever get harrassed by drunks on a speed boat?
Trust me, you get hit in the face with OC spray, finding a weapon is the LAST thing on your mind.
TOTALLY false statement there. If someone is determined to hurt you, all it'll do is slow them down by interfering with their vision. Seen it too many times to count.
As far as personal experience, I went through a law enforcement academy a few years ago. One of the requirements to be able to carry OC is to be sprayed in the eyes and face (with the law enforcement only OC, I forget the heat rating, but it is MEAN stuff), then run through a 3-station course with the stations about 20 yards apart: 1st station you had to do hand strikes against someone in protective gear, 2nd station you had to do foot strikes against another trainer in protective gear, 3rd station you had to draw your baton and do body strikes until another trainer came up behind you and tried to take your weapon, at which time you had to do weapon retention actions. The whole thing is videoed and kept as part of your training records.
There were 14 people in the academy, no one had any problems with the course. 1 guy it had NO AFFECT at all on, might as well as have thrown water in his face. 2 or 3 were minimal effects and didn't even slow them down. I was actually the most affected, I couldn't open my eyes to drive home for almost 2 hours. But I could force my eyes open for a second or 2 to go after whoever I needed to. It definitely wasn't fun, but the purpose was to be able to prove that you could still function if sprayed, and defend yourself in court if you had to use your firearm against someone you had sprayed. You would be able to testify that you had personal experience with being sprayed and were aware that it didn't necessarily incapacitate, and the subject was still capable of inflicting death or serious bodily injury on you or someone else. They would produce your training records as evidence in court. Never personally seen it happen in the case of a shooting, but have seen it used numerous times in claims of excessive force against someone that had already been sprayed, etc.
