What are you going to do if attacked? In case you don't carry the cat self defense keychain, you might do what most of the victims have done, scream! Surely, screaming appears better than doing nothing at all, and often it's a reflex impossible to suppress, but it's probably not the most effective defense. On the contrary, it might even force a reaction from the attacker: he will try to curb the screaming, to silence the victim - first thing.
Quite a few victims of surprise attacks might have possessed, tasers, pepper spray, knives, or even firearms, and maybe they even had those heavy-weights in their purse when attacked. However, their impact has often been proven to be ineffective, when the attacker is already too close and the attack already in progress. There is neither time nor space anymore to open the purse and look for the pepper spray or taser.
Quite a few victims of surprise attacks might have possessed, tasers, pepper spray, knives, or even firearms, and maybe they even had those heavy-weights in their purse when attacked. However, their impact has often been proven to be ineffective, when the attacker is already too close and the attack already in progress. There is neither time nor space anymore to open the purse and look for the pepper spray or taser.