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In reply to the discussion: Constructive ways to combat 2nd hand smoke? [View all]Zorra
(27,670 posts)It takes about a week of practice with a waterarm to shoot them accurately. I prefer the Super Soaker Zipfire Blaster, it's compact, semi-auto, has an adequate magazine, shoots a quick short burst, and has an accurate range of over 20 ft.
The longer range gives you a good head start if you should need to run, but once you get really good at using a waterarm you can learn to stash it quick, and if you learn how to act innocent the irate smoker never even knows who doused their butt.
Always remember to shoot from the side of the smoker, never from the front, so that you don't hit your victim with any of the water, because in some states this can be considered an assault, which is actually kind of strange, because water is harmless, but second hand smoke is not. You'd think deliberately subjecting people to second hand smoke would be considered an assault instead of harmless water, but hey, that's capitalism for ya.
Because their smoke was drifting into my home, I started dousing my neighbors butts from a well camouflaged blind about 20 ft away from their patio, and after a few weeks of scanning the skies for incontinent birds ("goddam bird shit on my cigarette again, Dickie Wayne, can you believe it?1?1?") immediately after their smokes got doused, and not understanding why their smokes keep going out, my neighbors decided to start smoking inside their trailer. I feel kind of bad about this, because their 80 year old mom stays inside the trailer, and she carries one of those oxygen mask/oxygen tank thingees on her wheelchair (right next to her cigarettes) because of her advanced terminal emphysema.
That's one way that really works.
(Oh, yeah ~ Never use pepper spray. The second hand spray is harmful and can drift, and cause serious discomfort for any innocent bystanders)