Wasp Spray vs Pepper Spray
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Posted by Thomas Alan Gray Sep 20, 2009 |
Someone sent me a copy of the wasp spray/pepper spray email. It's down below if you haven't seen it.
For starters, some of the statements about pepper spray are inaccurate in the Canadian context. While it is legal in all 50 states, pepper spray is considered a prohibited weapon in
The pyrethin used in wasp spray is a neurotoxin, and in most jurisdictions using it for anything other than its intended purpose is illegal. The last line of the email, "it's perfectly legal", is misleading. It's perfectly legal to use it on wasps. Keeping it for the deliberate purpose of spraying a person is apt to be viewed in Canada as a premeditated assault with a prohibited weapon.
For a good overall discussion of this particular email, see http://peppereyes.blogspot.com/2009/06/pepper-spray-vs-wasp-spray.html (as pepper spray producers, they have a bias) or http://www.snopes.com/crime/prevent/waspspray.asp
WASP SPRAY
You no longer need to keep your .45 or AK-47 sitting out on the coffee table... a can of wasp spray will do! Never would have thought it!!!
I have a friend who is a receptionist in a church in a high risk area who was concerned about someone coming into the office on Monday to rob them when they were counting the collection.
She asked the local police department about using pepper spray and they recommended to her that she get a can of wasp spray instead. The wasp spray, they told her, can shoot up to twenty feet away and is a lot more accurate, while with the pepper spray they have to get too close to you and could overpower you. The wasp spray temporarily blinds anattacker until they get to the hospital for an antidote.
You could also keep it in your car and it's perfectly legal.
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