My father is a paranoid when it comes to safety. He is a bit afraid because we are all girls and he fears that we will fall as victims to some of those bad elements who hunt during the night. This is one of the reasons that he tells us to bring a pepper spray wherever we may go. My sisters feel that this is not necessary though and they think that the pepper spray is something that craps their style but for me, the pepper spray is great and I know that this is the only way our father will feel secured.