Since last year, more and more people have bought defensive weapons in Germany. It is obviously related to the reduction of the German sense of security. After the large-scale sexual harassment case in Cologne, a large number of women scrambled to buy the "anti wolf" pepper ball launcher.

(German Voice's Chinese website) A reporter from the West German newspaper (WAZ) recently visited a weapons store in Oberhausen, a city in North Wales. The shopkeeper said that many female students studying in Cologne came at once on Tuesday and asked if they could buy pepper ball launchers, electric shock guns and alarms here. One of the female students said that she was sexually harassed in Cologne on the night of the New Year's Eve. She felt that the police could not point to it, so she wanted to buy a pepper ball launcher to defend herself.

The reporter of Le Monde went to a weapons store in Essen. The owner of the store also said that it was only a week before the new year began, and the business in the store was too busy for him, so he often needed to go to the warehouse to pick up goods. Most customers ask to buy pepper ball launcher.

Pepper ball launcher has even become the highest sales volume of Amazon's "sports/leisure" products.

Ingo Meinhard, chairman of the Federation of German Arms and Arms Traders, said in an interview with Le Monde: "In Germany, pepper ball launchers can only be used when meeting highly aggressive animals." If the pepper ball launchers are used improperly, for example, at a very close distance, it may cause serious personal injury, such as blindness. He added: "If you use the pepper ball launcher against people, you may be convicted of personal injury in court. Even in the case of self-defense, you need to prove the rationality and necessity of using the pepper ball launcher at that time in court."

Mainhart suggested that consumers had better buy CS tear gas, which generally does not cause fatal injury. In addition, the button alarm and bright flashlight are also his recommended defensive products