In my younger days I ran afoul of the man a few times but had the good sense not to do anything that required use of an intermediate weapon.

I work in Law Enforcement. I was first exposed to CN/CS/OC 16 years ago in the police academy. I was then exposed to OC a few times as "collateral damage" when I worked patrol. A couple years ago I went to school to become a "Personal Defense Spray Instructor". As part of the training we were sprayed full in the face with OC in the middle of the afternoon in July in Central Texas and then had to fight three people for three minutes. It took me two hours before I could drive back to the hotel and I couldn't look straight at a TV for three days. It's nasty nasty stuff.

I also love to eat spicy food and have a life long love affair with capsaicins.