About trying to train to withstand O.C.; It is easy to train to with stand tear gas, but what I have understood, O.C. isn't that easy to train for. Your body creates an "immunity" of sorts (not in a medical sense!) to tear gas, but not to O.C. so in that way you cannot train yourself to become "immune" to the effects of O.C. like you can do with tear gas. But training to get experience of O.C. isn't all in vain - a lot of the effect O.C. has comes also from the panic of the individual who got sprayed. If they aren't accustomed to the feeling, they often panic and get really scared. If you have the "been there, done that, nothing special" experience of O.C. you won't get panicked and you retain some of your functionality. Of course, a person who got O.C. in his eyes is at disadvantage as he can't keep his eyes open (I don't think you can train to keep them open for more than a blink) but he can still resist. He can draw a gun and start shooting everywhere, he can wrestle you down, he can try all kinds of things when he isn't panicking.
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