One thing I noticed was a marked increase in less lethal options offered. Mostly, I just shake my head and move on, because the offerings are usually craptastic "tasers" that aren't tasers at all and that require the person to be in physical contact with the bad guy.
There were definitely a few of those this year. Noteably, an unbrella and a hairbrush. Yeah, some of this stuff is hilarious ins a pathetic way, and I would never recommend any of that shit. Get yourself a good can of pepper spray and learn to use it, instead of reyling on gimmicks.
But this year, in addition to the typical gimmicky stuff, I saw a lot of pepper ball guns designed for the civilian market. While a large part of me believes that if you're going to carry, you need to carry a real gun, I also have to acknowledge that the pepper ball guns do have merit. In fact, I shot a couple at Industry Day and had a blast. They were just plain fun to shoot and have zero recoil, and they were surprisngly accurate. I wouldn't want to be hit with one!
I think these may be a good option for people who live in non-permissive states, or are not leagally allowed to own/carry a firearm for self-protection. (At least for now, until they enact legislation against these, too.)
I do also believe that if someone chooses to carry a pepper ball gun, rather than an actual fierarm, they need to put in the same amount of work (if not more) that a firearm owner would put in. The user needs to understand the limitations of pepper balls, as well as how and when to deploy them.
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