[Paul the 6th]

as above, pepper spray is classed officially as an "offensive weapon" - in the same ranks as knives, knuckle dusters and samuri swords (not sure about that last one)...

My mum said she used to carry her bunch of keys spread evenly between her fingers just incase. Not sure about the legallity of tazers but I'd imagine it would be a bit of a tricky situation trying to get one out without electricuting yourself whilst trying not to getting shafted by a mugger.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2113089_defe...st-mugger.html - just found this after a quick bit of googling.

Just thinking about it, if I was ever mugged I'd like to think I'd be able to get them down and go absolutely mental. I'd probably just tell them to **** off and carry on walkin lol (or so I wish)