# Is this a real way to survive a poisonous gas attack(pic inside)?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 10, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-way-to-survive-a-poisonous-gas-attack-pic-inside/347788 "2006-03-10T03:23:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-way-to-survive-a-poisonous-gas-attack-pic-inside/347788/21 "2006-03-11T23:06:38Z")

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> [@wevets](#):
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> Most of the scenarios I can think of where people are shooting tear gas into your house involve those people wanting you to run out of your house so they can shoot other things at you.
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> [Keanu Reeves]  
> Shoot the hostage  
> [/Keanu Reeves]

I know, and if you’re sitting there trying to breathe through your toilet, I think they can come in and get you pretty easily.

Seriously, if you’re liable to get into these sort of situations, go to the Army-Navy store and buy a _gas mask_. The SO says you can get brand-new ones on the market easy.

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**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-way-to-survive-a-poisonous-gas-attack-pic-inside/347788/22 "2006-03-13T17:48:24Z")

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> [@Mr. Slant](#):
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> Methinks you’ve never been in a college town when the riot squad just started gassing the whole danged street to get those danged drunken kids to stop turning over cars and setting fires to picnic tables.

True enough. And I lived in Berkeley, CA for five years! College kids just ain’t what they used to be.

Either that, or maybe we just didn’t win enough sports championships. 😉

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**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-way-to-survive-a-poisonous-gas-attack-pic-inside/347788/23 "2006-03-13T17:56:56Z")

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> [@Anaamika](#):
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> I know, and if you’re sitting there trying to breathe through your toilet, I think they can come in and get you pretty easily.

Only if you haven’t set the proper traps. Seriously, anyone who gets tear gassed in their own home without having the appropriate traps set is just asking for it.

…and _gas masks_! Why pass up a perfectly good opportunity to breathe from the toilet?? 😕

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