Two words that will help anyone...home or abroad...."WASP SPRAY!!" Believe it or not....Wasp Spray will do a number on a person from a long distance and doesn't run-out like pepper spray. I too am from Texas (live in FLA now) and you have to improvise when a gun isn't available.

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