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Pepper spray is used as a less lethal weapon in policing, riot control, crowd control, and self-defense, including defense against dogs and bears. [5] [6] Pepper spray was engineered originally for defense against bears, mountain lions, wolves and other dangerous predators, and is often referred to colloquially as bear spray.
Pepper spray is one non-lethal weapon alleged to have been misused by American police. In two incidents in California in 1997, police swabbed pepper spray directly into the eyes of protesters. [ 62 ] Amnesty International condemned these actions, and claimed that they were likely a violation of the 1984 United Nations Convention Against Torture .
May 18—A South Portland company is developing a vehicle-mounted pepper spray device with enough capacity to be used against crowds of protesters, receiving praise from the business community but ...
Ohio State police are permitted to use pepper spray when it is "objectively reasonable" to defend police or others from physical harm, Hedman said. He added that one OSU officer suffered a head ...
Pepper spray typically comes in canisters, which are often small enough to be carried or concealed in a pocket or purse. Pepper spray can also be bought concealed in items such as rings. There are also pepper spray projectiles available, which can be fired from a paintball gun. Having been used for years against demonstrators, it is ...
A less lethal projectile gun, an example of which is the FN 303, is essentially a paintball marker, either purpose built for riot control, or modified from a commercial paintball marker. The pepper ball guns use special pepper spray ammunition based on paintball technology, consisting of a gelatin capsule filled with the riot control agent. The ...
When Haley pulled Nichols from the car, Haley told Nichols to “let go” of his gun, Stengel said. Stengel said Haley, who was washing pepper spray from his eyes, arrived on the scene of the ...
Gun laws and policies, collectively referred to as firearms regulation or gun control, regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, and use of small arms by civilians. [1] Laws of some countries may afford civilians a right to keep and bear arms , and have more liberal gun laws than neighboring jurisdictions.