On Jun 8, 10:52 am, "Ophelia" > wrote:
> "Dee Dee" > wrote in message
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> > On Jun 8, 7:31 am, "Ophelia" > wrote:
> >> "Omelet" > wrote in message newsmp_omelet->
> >> > I have to travel and shop alone the majority of the time.
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> >> > One more good reason to simply travel armed.
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> >> > If this girl had been, maybe she'd still be alive.
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> >> > I've noted that most are too cowardly to address that issue.
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> >> Well not me! I would love to be able to arm myself but our laws are very
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> >> My daughter who lives in Germany came home on holiday once. At the
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> >> they discovered a spray in her bag, (which are legal in Germany) and they
> >> gave her an awful time. Eventually they confiscated it and let her on
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> >> way (back to Germany)
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> > I had that happen to me in Washington, D.C. They threatened to take
> > me to jail. They had the hand-cuffs out. Scared me to death!
> > Tourist, old woman in tennis shoes
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Evidently, not in Washington, D.C. is what I was told. Too bad I
didn't know that before this little fiasco. But I didn't even
realize I had it in my pocket. When asked to dump out my pockets,
there it was, "the Pepper Spray!."
Dee Dee