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Tear gas in use in France 2007 Exploded tear gas canister in the air in Greece. Tear gas, also known as a lachrymatory agent or lachrymator (from Latin lacrima 'tear'), sometimes colloquially known as "mace" after the early commercial self-defense spray, is a chemical weapon that stimulates the nerves of the lacrimal gland in the eye to produce tears.
A blast ball used by the Minneapolis Police Department during the George Floyd protests. A blast ball, also known as a tear gas ball, rubber ball grenade, sting ball grenade, or stinger grenade, is a ball-shaped, rubber coated, less-lethal grenade designed for law enforcement and riot control applications.
Condor Não-Letal or Condor Tecnologias Não-Letais, is a Brazilian company of the war industry, defense, pyrotechnics and non-lethal weaponry. [1] Its portfolio includes several non-lethal products such as rubber bullets, tear gas grenades, impact and morale grenades, tear gas grenade launchers, disabling electroshock devices, and pyrotechnics for signaling and rescue.
The California excise tax, due to go into effect in July 2024, will essentially add an 11% levy on top of the existing federal excise gun and ammo tax, a rate of 10 or 11%, depending on the type ...
An Army research institute paper in 2009 cites riot-control agents and tear gas interchangeably. It says tear gas is something of a misnomer, because the agents tend not to be gaseous and modern ...
Denmark: HK69A1 is used by the Danish Police for launching tear gas grenades. [6] [7] England: HK69A1 37mm L104 riot grenade launcher is used by the Metropolitan Police for Baton rounds. [8] [9] Finland: HK69A1 used by the Finnish Defence Forces as the 40 KRPIST 2002 (Kranaattipistooli 2002). [10]
Modified and masked paintball markers serving the same purpose are also used. Most often they fire soft foam rockets, purpose-built marking ammunition, home-made ammo, or a cluster of paintballs. They are predominantly used against vehicles and fortifications only for safety reasons (firing massed paintballs is an exception).
(Reuters) -California cannot enforce a law requiring people to undergo background checks to buy ammunition, because it violates the constitutional right to bear arms, a federal judge has ruled.