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I talked this over with my wife, we both agreed on one thing, if he had CS/pepper spray on his belt in addition to a firearm then he might have been in a stronger position, especially in a Liberal State.

Lets be clear I fully support all rights of self defence and normally open carry my pistol in condition one on my right hip. On my left hip is my spare mag and my combination CS/Pepper spray. Now I fully understand that deciding which is most appropriate in a given situation is highly subjective. Of course there will be lots of scenarios where from the time you become aware of a threat to getting the first shot on target needs to be less than 2 seconds. That said there are occasions where "words are not enough" but "bullets are too much", thus to borrow an old strategic military term having a flexible response option is a good idea.