If I asked you,” What is the best tool or weapon for self-defense in your car?” I’m sure you would say a knife, a pistol, maybe a rifle, perhaps even a shotgun; I’m sure you’d even throw some machetes or a screwdriver in there. However, a fire extinguisher can also be an effective tool for self-defense. At least in a car setting, if you find yourself in the tool shed, feel free to check out “The Screwdriver: An Easy EDC Tool for Self-Defense written by yours truly.

Self-Defense with a Fire Extinguisher?
What if I said to you that one of the most underrated and effective tools for personal protection in your vehicle is *insert intense and dramatic music here* a fire extinguisher? I know, right? You didn’t see that one coming unless, of course, you read the title of this article.
The fire extinguisher is not only important for the obvious reasons, should your vehicle or someone else’s vehicle catch fire. Aside from a practical med kit, there are plenty of great articles to ensure you have what you need. Still, the fire extinguisher’s use as a personal protection option is severely overlooked.

So, Let’s Dive in!
One of the best reasons the fire extinguisher is a good tool for personal protection is to deal with a mob. Also, if a criminal breaks into your house, this tool is an option to end that nightmare.
The dictionary definition of a mob thank you Google is “a large crowd of people, especially one that is disorderly and intent on causing trouble or violence.”
In this day and time, there are more and more situations where men and women, ordinary everyday people, are getting bombarded and stuck in front of mobs and unsure of what to do. Yes, of course, you could run them over. However, there is something to be said for getting charged with Vehicular manslaughter. Alas, I digress.

Mob Mentality
So, How is the fire extinguisher best used regarding a mob?
For the sake of this article, there is no other option than to get out of your vehicle. Please understand the safest place for you to be is in your car, so do not leave your car unless you see no other option.
You exit your vehicle, engage the fire extinguisher toward a threatening and possibly violent group, and blast the closet threat in the face. Then, get back in the car and drive away. It’s overly simplistic; perhaps, however, it’s hard to be a threatening person when you’re coughing up the fire retardant you just got in your face.
A huge reason why a fire extinguisher is this author’s choice as an awesome, almost perfect personal protection tool is that of all the personal protection weapons, AKA “force multipliers, “rifles, pistols, and knives. The fire extinguisher is the only one that will more than likely not land you in jail charged with manslaughter. Please remember, I’m not a lawyer, so if I picked an incorrect charge, talk to my lawyer, Johnnie Cochran.

But What Type Of Fire Extinguisher is Best?
This is the educational part of the article, where I’m going to go step-by-step through how to use the fire extinguisher against a mob. I’d like you, the reader, to fully understand that this is a temporary reprieve from the mob attack.
What does that mean? That means you are going to blast somebody in front of you or somebody’s, as in plural, in front of you, they’re gonna cough and wheeze and hack, and you’re gonna dive back in your car and drive around or through them because they should be incapacitated and swallowing all the stuff that comes out of a fire extinguisher.
I have never ingested anything that comes out of a fire extinguisher; however, I have seen with my own eyes The reaction of people who have had that spray into their face, and violence was the last thing that came to their mind after they got a blast of that stuff.
OK, so the fire extinguishers I’m talking about for your car weigh no more than two and a half pounds versus a regular-sized fire extinguisher, which weighs approximately five to ten pounds. You can place it almost anywhere, I recommend, somewhere that is quick to access, and the deployment of the fire extinguisher is extremely easy. I’m going to list how to use it below.

Proper Use
Now, professionals will talk to you about windage, also known as “where the wind is so it doesn’t blow back in your face,” keeping your back towards exits, etc. etc. The truth is, in my opinion, when this event is happening, you are going to be terrified, and there’s a possibility that some of this may blow back at you, so hold your breath and aim, spray nozzle at bad people, Drop it, get back in your car, and drive safely away.
Here’s an acronym to remember how to use a fire extinguisher.
P.A.S.S
Pull the pin & test
Aim nozzle at target( fire or said POS bad person)
Squeeze the handle
Sweep the extinguisher. In this scenario, move back and forth, hitting as many threats as possible (or the closest and most dangerous).

Fire Extinguished
Please remember the purpose or objective is to create an opportunity for you and your families or loved ones to escape; I am not in any way trying to mock or underestimate the severity of a fire and or a mob. All I’m trying to do is educate you, the reader, on an option that will create an opportunity for you to get back in your car and escape with no fatalities. All jokes aside, this is a very serious subject that I never thought I would ever have to write about in my lifetime.
The bottom line is our world has altered, and some men and women are more than willing to obstruct your drive. Pull you out of the car and hurt you and your family.
This fire extinguisher option is for those who are uncomfortable with the concept of deploying a firearm or an edged weapon against that mob. Or perhaps you are in a situation where carrying a firearm just isn’t an option. I’m hopeful that you found this educational and informative and that you never have to use it against a mob of unruly people with violent intentions.