I wonder if pepper spray would have been beneficial in this case. I see all the talk about guns and the OP firmly beleives a gun would not have been a good idea in this situation despite what some others here have said. He should know better and we all need to accept that. After all he was the one who went through this ordeal. So I ask again, would pepper spray have been effective in this situation? Or would it have adversley affected the OP had he had it and used it?