Due to our unbelievable crime levels, people constantly try to come up with new ways of defending themselves.

Our gun laws are a problem, so sometimes people try to think up inventions which are alternatives to lethal force.

Here is the latest one, “Pepper ammunition” for Paintball guns. It fires a “dry pepper” which explodes and causes a small cloud of dust which is an irritant.

The inventor says it can be used for riot control as well. The photos below are from a demo they did which was broadcast on eTV news. I was quite impressed with it and think this is a good idea.

It is too unwieldy to carry around in the streets, but it could have a good use at home, as a way of dealing with intruders, without having to use deadly force.

The website for this product is: http://www.pepperammo.com/br>I am sure there are trading opportunities for this new product. I see they also quote prices in US Dollars.

Leo Nikles is the inventor.

I think this is his son who is about to be used for target practise.

The pepper ammo was fired at the tree to the right of him, and you can see the small cloud of pepper dust.

Which irritates his eyes, etc…

These are the standard paint-ball guns which fire the pepper ammo.

This is the paintball handgun he used to fire the pepper ammo at his son with.

Here it is being fired against wood. You can see it exploding as it hits.

URL: http://www.pepperammo.com//p>