Dick’s Market in Centerville, UT had a cheesy bomb scare this past weekend. The local police were investigating a report that a someone had left a duct tape covered device in a dry ice cooler. The grocery Store was closed for several hours while bomb-sniffing dogs and a bomb technician rushed to the scene.

They eventually found the device was simply a piece of string cheese, which was suspected that some juveniles may have planted in the store. There must not be too much for kids to do in Utah when school is out.

Milk, ice cream and other items costing thousands of dollars ended up spoiled and were thrown out during the panic.

Now if my dog Sam was called to investigate, we would have had an incident reminescent of the opening scene of the Underdog movie. In the movie, Shoeshine, a bomb-sniffing police dog confused a crate of ham for a bomb, which consequentally got him fired. But then paved the way for the whole Underdog superhero persona, so in retrospect, it wasn’t a bad thing.

In this case, Sam loves string cheese. Well he loves all food, but he has a thing for string cheese. I always have to buy the huge 24-pack of string cheese because everytime someone goes into the kitchen, Sam follows. If you innocently grab string cheese, a popular snack in my house, Sam will not leave you alone until he gets his own piece.

Now I just make it a habit of grabbing two everytime. One for me, one for the dog.

So back to the cheese bomb. I’m pretty sure Sam would not be able to control himself if a piece of string cheese was duct taped to the wall. He would probably scare the bomb tech in his excitement to retrieve the hidden cheese from the suspected bomb.

Perhaps a properly trained bomb-sniffer would be able to compose himself, but not Sam.

It would be nice to believe that nothing will happen to you, but the reality of it is that an ounce of protection could be worth more than a pound of cure. What is Worth Protection to you? Your belongings? Your family? Your personal well-being?

Yours in safety,
Rob

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Starting this week, we will be changing the $6.50 flat rate shipping for orders under $50.00 to a flat rate $8.95 shipping and handling for all orders.

The old rate was in place for quite some time, and this small increase is a result of the increasing prices of UPS and USPS freight across the board, as enforced by our supplier. Besides normal shipping costs, there is also the hidden money spent on boxes and packing material and the labor to pull, pack and ship the order. Unfortunately, these all add up.

UPS also has extras that they add to the cost. One is a fuel surcharge if the package is going to a remote location. UPS has their own definition of remote. Another is a $1.95 surcharge for residential deliveries, which is the bulk of out orders. They also charge extra for odd size boxes, etc. These extra charges are how UPS makes a living, those brown vans cost big bucks to keep on the road. And we all know how the US Post Office rates keep creeping higher and higher.

My other option, that many other self-defense retailers are taking, is the actual cost calculation based on weight and delivery distance. This option defers the entire shipping cost to the customer, with no supplemented discount for your business with them.

We at Worth Protection Security value your business and strive to offer low and competitive pricing on all of our products. I greatly prefer to continue to keep the shipping costs simple and affordable. I hope you all understand and can appreciate what drives this.

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It would be nice to believe that nothing will happen to you, but the reality of it is that an ounce of protection could be worth more than a pound of cure. What is Worth Protection to you? Your belongings? Your family? Your personal well-being?

Yours in safety,
Rob

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The actual news headline was “Woman overpowers thief with tea and sympathy”.

A 30-year-old Tokyo woman and her 6 month old baby was confronted by a knife wielding stranger in the hallway of her apartment building the other day. The man brandished a knife and demanded that she give him her money.

The mother told the creep that she didn’t have any money on her and he proceeded to barge into her apartment. Luckily this story has an unusual (happy?) ending and neither the housewife or child were injured in this attack.

Apparently, the woman calmed the man down by making him some tea and providing a compassionate ear. When offered the tea, the man accepted, I suppose as any honorable Japanese man would. The man then put the knife away and began a 20 minute monologue describing his less than fulfilling life story.

Probably quite sick of hearing the sob story, the woman ended up handing over almost $100 and ran out of the apartment. The man quietly left the scene as the woman called the police from a pay phone outside.

The police rushed to the apartment but the thief was long gone.

I can’t say that offering tea would have been my first choice line of defense, but I suppose if granted that opportunity and had a pot ready, I would have capitalized by making the tea as blazing, boiling hot as humanly possible and “accidentally” spilling the extra large cup in the thief’s lap.

Or if you don’t feel like wasting perfectly good tea, plan ahead and stop the situation before being bored to tears by some whining thief and tool yourself up with some pepper spray, stun gun or a taser.

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Not all knife-wielding criminals will be so easily distracted by good hospitality. This Japanese woman was quite lucky to escape this situation unscathed. Wrong place at the wrong time victimization can range from simple theft to severe beatings, rape or worse. You never know what is on the mind of an assaliant.

Also remember, this mother had a 6-month-old baby in tow.

It would be nice to believe that nothing will happen to you, but the reality of it is that an ounce of protection could be worth more than a pound of cure. What is Worth Protection to you? Your belongings? Your family? Your personal well-being?

Yours in safety,
Rob

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The Second Ammendment, written more than 200 years ago says, “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”

Individual Americans indeed have a right to own guns, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday for the first time in history, striking down an extremely strict gun control law adopted 32 years ago in Washington, D.C. The previous ban included a ban on private handgun possession and the requirement that all firearms kept in your home must be unloaded, disassembled or bound by a trigger lock.

“Unlike the elitist view that believes Americans cling to guns out of bitterness, today’s ruling recognizes that gun ownership is a fundamental right — sacred, just as the right to free speech and assembly,” Republican presidential candidate John McCain said.

McCain rightly applauded this ruling and criticized his Democratic presidential opponent Barack Obama for comments he made back during the Primary political campaign.

“I have always believed that the Second Amendment protects the right of individuals to bear arms,” Obama said, “but I also identify with the need for crime-ravaged communities to save their children from the violence that plagues our streets through common sense, effective safety measures.” And what safety measures might these be?

For many decades, the proper interpretation of the Second Amendment has been argued whether it guarantees the right to bear arms to individuals or to citizens in a militia.

Justice Antonin Scalia say a citizen may prefer may prefer a handgun for home defense because “it can be pointed at a burglar with one hand while the other hand dials the police.”

This landmark ruling paves the way for reconsideration of other weapons control legislatation including other gun restrictions in other areas other than D.C., as well as those affecting other means of self defense such as pepper spray, stun guns and tasers.

Hopefully all law abiding citizens will soon have the luxury or owning whatever means of self defense they are comfortable with carrying from non-lethal options, to less-than-lethal, and up to lethal weapons if the situation so warrants it.

It would be nice to believe that nothing will happen to you, but the reality of it is that an ounce of protection could be worth more than a pound of cure. What is Worth Protection to you? Your belongings? Your family? Your personal well-being?

Yours in Safety,
Rob

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This story out of NY is rather creative, in a creepy stalker-esque kind of way. A man in Newburgh, NY actually carved out a space in the back of a woman’s sofa, hid in the hole he created, and waited for her to come home. Apparently the woman felt a bump in the couch cushion while she was sitting down.

Earlier that day, she filed a complain about the man and was luckily talking on the phone with her friend when the man was discovered. She jumped up and the man emerges from his makeshift hiding place and knocks the cell phone out of her hand.

The woman was worried he might be there and she had asked the friend to stay on the line and call police if something went wrong. When the police arrived, they found the man and woman arguing on the apartment’s balcony. Fortunately, nothing tragic happened during this particular encounter.

To prevent a similar invasion or privacy, the TeleSpy is a clever and reliable combination of a telephone, a motion sensor, and a security microphone. Simply enter a phone number you want the system to call and turn the motion sensor switch to on.

If any motion inside the protected area is detected, the phone will call the number. When you answer, you will be able to listen in to what is going on with the amplified microphone. The TeleSpy allows you to decide from a safe location if it is a friend or foe lurking in your home or apartment before you call the police.

The listening period is about 30 seconds and then the TeleSpy disconnects. It will instantly re-arm and continue to silently detect again and again. The TeleSpy operates from any land line phone without costly monitoring company fees, and no false alarm charges.

Get a fair warning if something is not right at home when you are not around. There is no telling what would have happened if the man was armed and planning something more horrible than just wanting to talk. Even being on the phone would not have gotten help to the apartment in time.

It would be nice to believe that nothing will happen to you, but the reality of it is that an ounce of protection could be worth more than a pound of cure. What is Worth Protection to you? Your belongings? Your family? Your personal well-being?

Yours in Safety,
Rob

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The following excerpts come from an article out of Dothan, Alabama’s DothanEagle.com. Apparently a guy was stopped for not wearing his seat belt, tried to run from the police officer, got zapped by a Taser, and ended up in the hospital. So of course all these bleeding heart whiners are up in arms.

So lets break down the incident. “…we find this episode troubling, regardless of whether the deputy acted within the scope of departmental policy.” Of course you do…

“The undeniable fact is that a young man who was apparently in good health when the deputy stopped him for a seatbelt violation is now in critical condition at a local hospital.” Ok, let’s get this straight. A Taser is a compliance weapon, classified as Less-Than-Lethal. Not non-lethal. You get legally zapped with a Taser for non-compliance from a police officer, or in self-defense by an average citizen with a C2 that you are trying to rob, injure or otherwise do bad things to. Stop Resisting Arrest. Stop Trying to Hurt Me. No? ZAP!

Illegal use of stun guns, Tasers or pepper spray is not under debate on this post. A criminal can rob 7-11 or a unsuspecting law-abiding citizen with a stun gun, Taser or pepper spray, just as easily as a knife, hand gun, baseball bat, fists or his finger pointing through his jacket pocket. You can not ban every possible weapon in existance with the hopes of curbing violent crimes.

Squirt guns are non-lethal, you will not die from getting shot by a plastic water gun. Regular firearm hand guns are lethal weapons. There is a good chance you will suffer a lethal, deadly or otherwise not nice injury, that has a good chance of resulting in your death. Stun Guns, Tasers and other EMD type weapons are less-than-lethal.

So far, Tasers have not been “directly” linked to causing death immediate death to normal healthy adults. Perhaps “undetermined medical condition that was exacerbated by the Taser shocks” are possible. If your body is loaded up with drugs (you obviously have little concern of your personal well being anyways), a Taser jolt may cause more damage to you. If you have some weird, rare or unknown health, heart, or muscular condition, yes a EMD weapon might injury you more than temporarily. You could just get shot with a sidearm if you prefer…

“Perhaps he had illegal drugs in his possession, as the investigation suggests. Perhaps not. He was unarmed and trying to keep from getting arrested.” Yes, by running away, that is called resisting arrest in most jurisdictions…

“Perhaps he was also intent on harming the deputy. Or perhaps not. Reasonable people cannot condone Mr. Cody’s behavior. If he was not wearing his seat belt, he was breaking the law. If he had drugs, he was breaking the law. When he tried to get away from the officer, he broke the law. However, any person in Mr. Cody’s situation is presumed innocent until proved guilty. Should a fleeing suspect who isn’t a mortal threat to an officer be subjected to the potentially lethal shock of a stun gun? If not a stun gun, then what?”

Again, that is called resisting arrest. he is “presumed innocent until proved guilty” while he is standing there. As soon as he runs away, he is now guilty of resisting arrest. Should the police officer have just given up and said “Darn he is getting away… guess I have to wait for another bad guy…”?

“This matter delivers the inevitable debate about the appropriate use of stun guns like a bolt from the blue. Until the larger argument is settled — and the question will almost certainly be decided by the nation’s highest court — stun guns will cause far more injuries, both to suspects whose physical reaction cannot be fully anticipated and to officers who may rely on a device that may not be 100 percent effective.”

Ok, this use of a taser (not stun gun) was not out of the blue. Officers clearly announce a warning before deploying a Taser. The suspect was fleeing arrest, he was not going to stop. Police officers do not have the time to fully anticipate the physical reactions of some lunatic resisting arrest. Is he going to just run away? Is he going to run 10 feet and then pull a gun? Is he going to run 20 feet and alert 8 accomplices?

If you really want to walk a mile in the shoes of an average police officer and actually have a lick of sense when criticizing them, please sign up to a police academy, get trained, strap on your Taser and put your life on the line day in and day out. Don’t sit there and arm-chair quarterback law enforcement when you really have no clue what goes on and what it entails.

If some thug breaks into your house, or a drunk driver is pulled over before hitting one of your family members on the road, or some other criminal is about to commit a crime that affects you personally - and an officer subdues them with a Taser, I doubt you will be screaming “Don’t Tase Him, Bro!”

It would be nice to believe that nothing will happen to you, but the reality of it is that an ounce of protection could be worth more than a pound of cure. What is Worth Protection to you? Your belongings? Your family? Your personal well-being?

Yours in Safety,
Rob

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I guess once you graduate from stealing candy form babies, your next logical step is ripping off lemonade stands. I mean you don’t want to jump into convenience stories too quickly… you might not quite be ready to take such a big step.

That is just what this 18-year-old in Terre Haute, Indiana did. Allegedly, this guy walked up to a local lemonade stand not too far from his house. Apparently, he noticed business was booming and decided to take advantage of the young entrepreneurs running the street-side business?

“The guy came up and was, like, ‘Give me your money,’” said one of the 12-year-old kids who was running the lemonade stand with a group of friends. “I was shocked. It was just my immediate reaction to chase after him.”

The lemonade stand heist temporarily netted the extremely brave robber with a whopping $17.50. Unfortunately the kid chased him down the street and followed him to his house. She promptly called the police who had to spend almost a hour trying convince the tough guy to surrender, but eventually were able to arrest him on a preliminary felony charge of robbery.

“I didn’t think anyone would come up to a lemonade stand and steal. That’s really low,” said another of the 12-year-olds at the stand. The kids expect they will continue to sell lemonade, but this time with an adult standing guard.

The kids should have grabbed a lemon and squirted him in the eyes. It wouldn’t have been quite as effective as pepper spray, but it would have given this creep second thoughts about committing lemonade stand robbery.

It would be nice to believe that nothing will happen to you, but the reality of it is that an ounce of protection could be worth more than a pound of cure. What is Worth Protection to you? Your belongings? Your family? Your personal well-being?

Yours in Safety,
Rob

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A man in Bridgeport, CT as arrested after he attempted to order his 9-foot-long albino python to attack two police officers. Lucky for the cops, pythons rank near goldfish on the pet obedience scale. None-the-less, the 21-year-old man was charged with disorderly conduct and threatening the police after the incident.

The cops were called to investigate a call that the man was threatening his girlfriend with the pet snake. The building superintendent opened his apartment door for the police officers and the man allegedly threatened them with the animal and told it to “Get them!” Although the python did not comply with the order, the man was taken into custody and the python was relocated to the city’s animal control shelter.

I’m sure the officers shared laugh after the incident, it can’t be very often that a lazy “attack” snake is used to protect its owner from authorities. Even with laser sighting, it would be rather hard to taser a 9-foot-long python if it did become aggressive.

It would be nice to believe that nothing will happen to you, but the reality of it is that an ounce of protection could be worth more than a pound of cure. What is Worth Protection to you? Your belongings? Your family? Your personal well-being?

Yours in Safety,
Rob

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Again, Do Not Buy Pepper Spray Without Reading This First.

Of course we sell Pepper Spray and Mace Defensive Sprays and we want you to buy pepper spray from us and be safe. But more importantly, we REALLY REALLY need you to know how to use the pepper spray when you need to use it.

Wouldn’t it be terrible to end up trying and failing to use your pepper spray in the heat of the moment? Wouldn’t it be terrible to know you have a canister of Mace in the bottom of your purse or locked in your glove box but can not readily get to it in time?

We have compiled a Pepper Spray FAQ and Pepper Spray Techniques Guide to further increase your knowledge and increase your chances of successfully deploying defensive spray in an emergency situation. Pepper Spray is not a magic wand, suit of armor or lucky rabbit’s foot. Mace will not automatically unholster itself and ward off an attacker without your direct mental and physical participation.

The following is a highlight outline of what topics are covered in our Pepper Spray FAQ and Pepper Spray Techniques Guide:

Pepper Spray FAQ

Ok so what is Pepper Spray?
Is there a difference between tear gas and pepper spray?
How does pepper spray work?
Now what does it take to own pepper spray?
- Be mentally prepared to use it
- Plan Ahead
- Practice
- Safety Record
Pepper Spray Dispersion Methods
Is Pepper Spray Legal?
Where is Pepper Spray Prohibited?
What to Do IMMEDIATELY After Using Your Spray
First Aid and Decontamination Procedures
History of Pepper Spray
All Your Pepper Spray and Mace Defensive Spray Options…

Pepper Spray Techniques

1. How to Spray Your Pepper Canister
2. Keep Your Eyes Open When Firing Pepper Spray
3. Effective Use of Pepper Spray
4. When All You Can Do Is Get Your Pepper Spray Out
5. Practice is the Best Pepper Spray Technique
6. Catch Your Attacker by Surprise
7. Other Pepper Spray Technique Tips
8. Where to Aim Your Pepper Spray
9. Don’t Stick Your Hand Way Out When Firing
10. Basic Pepper Spray Shooting Technique
11. Timing Your Pepper Spray is So Important
12. Shout STOP When You Use Pepper Spray
13. Use Pepper Spray Fanning Technique

Again, these are the summary headlines, please visit the entire article at http://www.worthprotectionsecurity.com/how-to-use-pepper-spray.htm for the full details. Be Safe, Be Smart, Be Prepared.

It would be nice to believe that nothing will happen to you, but the reality of it is that an ounce of protection could be worth more than a pound of cure. What is Worth Protection to you? Your belongings? Your family? Your personal well-being?

Yours in Safety,
Rob

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Sometimes I am not quite sure what to make of some of the news stories I come across. I am thinking this one has a lengthy history and more details would perhaps explain a bit more, but the headline sure caught my eye “Armpit sniffer gets jail and cane”.

Apparently a 36-year-old, mentally-unstable (you think?) man from Singapore was sentenced to 14 years in jail and 18 strokes of the cane. Caning on the buttocks is an additional punishment for male criminals in Singapore for offenses ranging from vandalism, illegal possession of drugs and rape. 24 strokes is the maximum penalty.

Over the the past 15 months, this man molested at least 23 women, smelling their armpits and inappropriately touching them in elevators, staircase landings and their homes. He was caught after a housewife reported him to the police. He was also found to have had several previous convictions for drug and sex-related offenses.

The court issued the lengthy jail term, normally reserved for hardcore criminals, saying the man was likely to commit the crimes again. So many armpits, so little time… 18 strokes of the cane won’t be too pleasant either.

If ever confronted with someone looking to inappropriately sniff your armpits, touch or grab you, lick your toes or whatever worse things these creeps can think of, give them a whiff of something more fragrant… a nice dose of pepper spray

When someone is sprayed with OC pepper spray, the person’s eyes slam shut. Even if someone does manage to get their eyes open, they won’t be able to see because OC dilates the capillaries and causes temporary blindness. Additionally, instant inflammation of the breathing tissues restricts all but life support breathing. No more enjoyable sniffing. They double over and begin to cough uncontrollably. Once your armpit sniffer, or assailant is incapacitated, run to safety and call the police.

It would be nice to believe that nothing will happen to you, but the reality of it is that an ounce of protection could be worth more than a pound of cure. What is Worth Protection to you? Your belongings? Your family? Your personal well-being?

Don’t be afraid to spice up your self defense with some pepper spray, stay safe and be prepared!

Yours in Safety,
Rob

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Dutch statisticians, who apparently have had some free time on their hands, have determined that Friday the 13th is actually safer than your average run-of-the-mill Friday.

The Dutch Centre for Insurance Statistics (CVS) has recently concluded that accidents and crime actually occurs less on this widely regarded “unlucky” day. “I find it hard to believe that it is because people are preventatively more careful or just stay home, but statistically speaking, driving is a little bit safer on Friday 13th,” a CVS statistician says.

This study did not report on the probability of being attacked while camping at Crystal Lake or what your chances are if confronted by a hockey mask wearing, machete wielding psychopath named Jason, whether it was Friday the 13th or not.

When statistics aren’t going to protect the physical well being of yourself or your loved ones, check out http://www.worthprotectionsecurity.com. Even if luck is on your side, I’d prefer a little something extra, just in case.

It would be nice to believe that nothing will happen to you, but the reality of it is that an ounce of protection could be worth more than a pound of cure. What is Worth Protection to you? Your belongings? Your family? Your personal well-being?

Yours in safety,

Rob

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It is getting uglier at the gas pumps in Cypress, CA where gas is already averaging around $4.50 per gallon. Now consumers have to deal with Road rage, well at least Fuel Rage, as violence broke out at the gas pumps at the Costco warehouse store in Orange County California. A doctor from La Palma was waiting in line to buy gas when another motorist pulled in front of him out of turn. The aggravated doctor grabbed a tire iron from his car and attepted to confront the guy who cut into the line.

Sgt. Tom Bruce said the doctor was arrested for the misdemeanor charge and booked for the investigation of “brandishing a deadly weapon in a rude, angry or threatening manner”.

Witnesses reported the doctor was waiting in line at the pumps this past Monday night when the other vehicle cut in front of him. When the doctor got out of his car and confronted the motorist with the tire iron, the other driver locked himself in his car and called police.

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It would be nice to believe that nothing will happen to you, but the reality of it is that an ounce of protection could be worth more than a pound of cure. What is Worth Protection to you? Your belongings? Your family? Your personal well-being?

Yours in safety,

Rob

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