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spray, stun gun and taser devices for self defense in
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STATES WHERE STUNNING DEVICES SUCH AS A STUN GUN AND TASER ARE RESTRICTED:
CITIES WHERE STUNNING DEVICES ARE RESTRICTED:
STATES WHERE PEPPER SPRAY IS RESTRICTED:
STATES WHERE PEPPER SPRAY HAS SOME RESTRICTIONS:
STATE RESTRICTIONS FOR STUNNING DEVICES SUCH AS THE STUN GUN AND TASER:
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Illegal District of Columbia
Law. DC
Code Ann. Title 6, Chapter 23. Firearms Control.
Subchapter I. General
Provisions 6-2302. (7) "Destructive device" means:
(B) "Any device by
whatever name known which will, or is designed,
or may be readily converted
or restored, to expel a projectile by the action
of an explosive or other
propellant through a smooth bore barrel, except
a shotgun." (D) Any device
designed or redesigned, made or remade, or readily
converted or restored,
and intended to stun or disable a person by means
of electric shock such as a stun gun, stun baton or
taser for self defense.
Subchapter II. Firearms and Destructive Devices.
General Provision 6-2311.
Registration requirements: (a) except as otherwise
provided in this chapter,
no person or organization in the District of Columbia
("District") shall
receive, possess, control, transfer, offer for
sale, sell, give, or deliver
any destructive device, and no person or organization
in the District shall
possess or control any firearm, unless that person
or organization holds a
valid registration certificate for the firearm.
Subchapter V. Sales and
Transfer of Firearms, Destructive Devices, and
Ammunition. General Provision
6-2351. Sales and transfers prohibited. No person
or organization shall
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any firearm,
destructive device or
ammunition in the District except as provided in
6-2352, or 6-2375.
SUMMARY: Possession and sales of Stunning Devices
are banned in Washington, DC. Includes the stun gun, taser, stun baton or any other stun device. Personal alarms are great non-lethal self defense products used for
personal safety and home protection.
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HAWAII: Illegal Hawaii State Law. Rev. Stats.
Title 10,
Chapter 134. Firearms, Ammunition and Dangerous
Weapons. Part 1. General
Regulations. Chapter 134-1 Definitions. "Electric
gun" means any portable
device that is electrically operated to project
a missile or electromotive
force. Chapter 134-16 Restriction on possession,
sale, gift or delivery of
electric guns. (a) It shall be unlawful for any
person, including a licensed
manufacturer, licensed importer or licensed dealer,
to possess, offer for
sale, hold for sale, sell, give, lend or deliver
any electric gun such as a stun gun, taser, stun
baton or any other stun device. (b) Any
electric gun in violation of subsection (a) shall
be confiscated and
disposed of by the chief of police. SUMMARY: Possession
and sales of Stunning Devices are banned in Hawaii.
Includes the stun gun, taser, stun baton or any other stun device. A
great non-lethal means of self defense and home
protection are personal alarms.
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ILLINOIS: Restricted. In
order to possess a Taser or stun gun, an individual must
have a valid FOID card, as is currently required for
firearms.
Sellers of Taser devices or stun gun devices must check
the buyers FOID card and keep the record of sale for ten
years, the same requirements for firearms sales.
When a licensed firearms dealer sells a Taser or stun
gun, they must request a background check of the buyer.
The 24-hour waiting period required for long guns,
shotguns, and rifles, will also apply to taser and stun
gun purchases. SUMMARY: Possession and sales of Stunning
Devices are restricted in Illinois. Includes the stun gun,the taser, stun baton or any other stun device. Personal Alarms
are great alternative self defense products.
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MASSACHUSETTS: Illegal Massachusetts State Law.
Ann. Laws of
Massachusetts. Chapter 140. Sale of Firearms. Section
131J: Sale or
possession of electrical weapons; penalties. Section
131J. No person shall
sell, offer for sale or possess a portable device
or weapon from which an
electric current, impulse, wave or beam may be
directed, which current,
impulse, wave or beam is designed to incapacitate
temporarily, injure or
kill. Examples include the stun baton, stun gun and
taser. Whoever violates this provision of this section
shall be punished by a
fine of not less than five hundred or more than
one thousand dollars or by
imprisonment for not less than six months nor more
than two years in a jail
or house of correction, or both. SUMMARY: Possession
and sales of Stunning Devices are banned in
Massachusetts. Includes the stun gun, taser, stun baton and any other stun device. An alternate means of
non-lethal self defense and home protection product are Personal Alarms.
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MICHIGAN: Illegal The Michigan Penal Code Act
328 of 1931.
Chapter 750.224a Portable device or weapon directing
electrical current,
impulse, wave, or beam; sale or possession prohibited;
testing. (1) A person
shall not sell, offer for sale, or possess in this
state a portable device
or weapon from which an electric current, impulse,
wave or beam is designed
to incapacitate temporarily, injure, or kill. (3)
A person who violates this
section is guilty of a felony. SUMMARY: Possession
and sales of Stunning Devices are banned in Michigan.
Includes stun guns, tasers and stun
batons. Alternative non-lethal self defense products
include Personal Alarms which can also be used for home protection.
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NEW JERSEY: Illegal New Jersey State Law. New
Jersey Stat.
Ann. Title 2C. New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice.
Chapter 39-1. Prohibited
weapons and devices. (Section "r" summarized
from Chapter 2C:39-1) "Weapon"
means anything readily capable of lethal use or
of inflicting serious bodily
injury. The term includes, but is not limited to
all (4) stun guns; and any
weapon or (this section refers to tear gas and
has been updated in 1995)
other device which projects, releases, or emits
tear gas or any other
substance intended to produce temporary physical
discomfort or permanent
injury through being vaporized or otherwise dispensed
in the air. (t) "Stun
gun" means any weapon or other device which
emits an electrical charge or
current intended to temporarily or permanently
disable a person. Senate, No.
2871 -- L.1985, c. 360 Senate Bill No. 2781, as
amended by the Senate Law,
Public Safety and Defense Committee, prohibits
as a crime of the fourth
degree the possession of a stun gun by any person,
including a law
enforcement officer. A crime of the fourth degree
carries a penalty of
imprisonment for up to 18 months, a fine of up
to $7,500, or both. Prior to
being amended the bill classified possession of
a crime in the third degree.
{Editor’s Note: According to Len Lawson of
NJ Legislative Council, (609)
292-4625) NJ does not classify crimes in felonies
versus misdemeanors. The
highest crimes are in first degree on down to fourth
degree. A fourth degree
penalty is a serious charge and is generally considered
a misdemeanor in
common terms. It is however an indictable offense.
A fourth degree crime
does contain "a presumption of non-custodial
sentencing," meaning that there
is not imprisonment if there are no prior convictions.
In some cases the
sentencing is obviated from one’s record
if there is a period of good
behavior following the charge.} The committee amended
the bill to include a
provision authorizing the Attorney General, at
his discretion, to exempt law
enforcement officers from the prohibition against
possession stun guns. The
bill also was amended by the committee to include
stun guns in the
definition of "weapon" in paragraph r.
N.J.S. 2C:39-1. (Chapter 2C:39-1) (h)
Stun guns. Any person who knowingly has in his
possession any stun gun is
guilty of a crime in the fourth degree. SUMMARY:
Possession is banned of Stunning Devices in New
Jersey. Includes the taser stun gun and stun baton. Personal Alarms are effective self defense products for
home protection and personal use.
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NEW YORK: Illegal New
York Consolidated Law (McKinney’s)
Book 39. Penal Law. Article 265. Firearms and Other
Dangerous Weapons 265.00
15-a. "Electronic dart gun" means any
device designed primarily as a weapon,
the purpose of which is to momentarily stun, knock
out or paralyze a person
by passing an electrical shock to such person by
means of a dart or
projectile. 15-c. "Electronic stun gun" means
any device designed primarily
as a weapon, the purpose of which is to momentarily
stun, cause mental
disorientation, knock out or paralyze a person
by passing a high voltage
electrical shock to such person. Article 265.01
Criminal possession of a
weapon in the fourth degree. A person is guilty
of criminal possession of a
weapon in the fourth degree when: (1) He possesses
any firearm, electronic
dart gun, electronic stun gun; or SUMMARY:
Possession is banned of Stunning Devices in New
York. Includes the taser, stun gun and
stun baton. Personal Alarms are an effective means of
non-lethal self defense and home protection.
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RHODE ISLAND: Illegal General Laws of Rhode Island.
Title
11, Chapter 47. Statute Subsection 11-47-42. Weapons
other than firearms
prohibited. - (A) No person shall carry or possess
or attempt to use against
another, any instrument or weapon of the kind commonly
known as a stun
gun. Any person violating the provisions of this
subsection, shall be
punished by a fine of not more than five hundred
dollars ($500), or by
imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or
both such fine and
imprisonment, and the weapon so found shall be
confiscated. SUMMARY:
Possession and use of Stunning Devices are banned.
Includes the stun gun, taser and stun baton. Personal Alarms are great alternate self defense products for
personal use as well as home protection.
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WISCONSIN: Illegal Wisconsin Sta. Ann. Chapter
939. Crimes -
General Provisions. Chapter 939.22 Words and phrases
defined. (10) Dangerous
weapon" means any firearm, whether loaded
or unloaded; any device
designed as a weapon and capable of producing great
harm; any electric
weapon, as defined in s. 941.295(4); or any other
device or instrumentality
which, in the manner it is used or intended to
be used, is calculated or
likely to produce death or great bodily harm. Chapter
941.295 Possession of
electric weapon. Subsection (1) On or after July
1, 1982, whoever sells,
transports, manufactures, possesses or goes armed
with any electric weapon
is guilty of a Class E felony. Subsection (4) In
this section, "electric
weapon" means any device, which is designed,
redesigned, used or intended to
be used, offensively or defensively, to immobilize
or incapacitate persons
by the use electric current. SUMMARY: Possession
and sales of Stunning
Devices are banned. Includes the stun gun, taser and stun baton. Personal Alarms is a great alternative
for self defense and home protection.
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CITY/COUNTY RESTRICTIONS: CHICAGO: Illegal Publisher’s
Note:
The following jurisdictions require waiting periods
or notifications to law
enforcement officials before weapons may be delivered
to purchasers: Chicago
- application approval/denial for: (1) Registration:
120 days (2)
Re-registration: e.g., by an heir, 365 days) SUMMARY:
Possession and sales
of Stunning Devices are banned in Chicago. Includes the stun gun, the taser and the stun baton. Personal Alarms are great self defense products for self protection
as well as home protection. (More information required
on City of Chicago Ordinance)
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BALTIMORE: Illegal (Including Baltimore County)
Baltimore
City Code 115. Stun guns and similar devices. (e)
It shall be unlawful for
any person, firm, or corporation to sell, give
away, lend, rent or transfer
to any individual, firm or corporation a stun gun
or other electronic device
by whatever name or description which discharges
a non-projectile electric
current within the limits of the City of Baltimore.
It further shall be
unlawful for any person to possess, fire or discharge
any such stun gun or
electronic device within the City. Nothing in this
subsection shall be held
to apply to any member of the Baltimore City Police
Department or any other
law enforcement officer while in the performance
of his or her official duty
(Ord. 385. 1985).
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HOWARD COUNTY, MD: Illegal Sec. 8.404. Sale or
possession of
electronic weapons prohibited. It shall be unlawful
for any person, firm, or
corporation to sell, give away, lend, rent or transfer
to any individual,
firm or corporation an electronic weapon within
the limits of Howard County.
It further shall be unlawful for any person to
possess, fire, discharge or
activate any electronic weapon within the limits
of Howard County. Includes stun guns, tasers and stun
batons. Personal Alarms are a great alternative for
self-defense and home protection. (C.B. 38
1985).
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PHILADELPHIA: Illegal Philadelphia City Ordinance.
Statute
10-825 Stun Guns. (1) Definitions. (a) Stun Gun.
Any device which expels or
projects a projectile which, upon coming in contact
with a person, is
capable of inflicting injury or an electric shock
to such person. (2)
Prohibited conduct. Nor person shall own, use,
possess, sell or otherwise
transfer any "stun gun." (3) Penalty.
Any person violating any provision of
this section shall be subject to a fine or not
more than three hundred (300)
dollars and /or imprisonment for not more than
ninety (90 days.) Personal Alarms are great for
self-defense and home protection.
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NEW YORK CITY: Illegal Administrative Code of
the City of
New York 10-135 Prohibition on sale and possession
of electronic stun guns.
a. As used in this section, "electronic stun
gun" shall mean any device
designed primarily as a weapon, the purpose of
which is to stun, render
unconscious or paralyze a person by passing an
electronic shock to such
person, but shall not include an "electronic
dart gun" as such term is
defined in section 265.00 of the penal law. b.
It shall be unlawful for any
person to sell or offer for sale or to have in
his or her possession within
the jurisdiction of the city any electronic gun.
c. Violation of this
section shall be a class A misdemeanor. [Exemptions
under this section are
provided for police officers operating under regular
department procedures
or guidelines and for manufacturers of electronic
stun guns scheduled for
bulk shipment. NOTE: The electronic stun gun is
not a "firearm" under the
Federal Gun Control Act of 1968 because it does
not "...expel a projectile
by the action of an explosive..."] SUMMARY:
Possession and sales of Stunning
Devices are banned in New York City
Montgomery County, MD - no stunners. Includes stun guns,
tasers and stun batons. Personal Alarms are great
self-defense products for home protection.
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LEGAL WITH SOME RESTRICTIONS FOR STUNNING DEVICES: (We can legally
sell to
you, but please read the limitations)
CONNECTICUT: Legal w/ restrictions Connecticut
Criminal Law
Title 53, Crimes, Title 53a Penal Code, title 54
Criminal Procedure,
Chapter 950 Section 53a-3 Definitions: (20) "Electronic
defense weapon"
means a weapon which by electronic impulse or current
is capable of
immobilizing a person temporarily, but is not capable
of inflicting death or
serious injury. §53-206. Carrying and sale
of dangerous weapons. Any person
who carries upon his person? an electronic defense
weapon, as defined in
53a-3, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon
or instrument, unless such
person has been granted a written permit issued
and signed by the first
selectman of a town, the mayor or chief of police
of a city or the warden of
a borough, authoring such person to carry such
weapon or instrument within
such city or borough, shall be fined not more than
five hundred dollars or
imprisoned not more than three years or both. No
permit shall be issued to
any applicant who has ever been convicted of a
felony. The issuing authority
may request the applicant’s finger prints
and full information concerning
his criminal record and make an investigation concerning
his criminal record
and make an investigation concerning the suitability
of the applicant to
carry any such weapon. Refusal of fingerprinting
by the applicant shall be
sufficient cause to refuse issuance of a permit.
Whenever any person is
found guilty of a violation of this subsection,
any weapon or other
implement within the provisions hereof, found upon
the body of such person,
shall be forfeited to the municipality wherein
such person was apprehended,
not withstanding any failure of the judgment of
conviction to expressly
impose such forfeiture. Any person who has been
granted a permit to carry
any martial arts weapon pursuant to this section
may carry such weapon
anywhere within the state. The provisions of this
subsection shall not apply
to any officer charged with the preservation of
the public peace nor to any
person who is found with any such weapon or implement
concealed upon his
person while lawfully removing his household goods
or effects from one place
to another, or from one residence to another, nor
to any person while
actually and peaceably engaged in carrying any
such weapon or implement from
his place of abode or business to a place or person
where or by whom such
weapon or implements is to be repaired, or while
actually and peaceable
returning to his place of abode or business with
such weapon or implement
after the same has been repaired. (b) any person
who sells to another, an
electronic defense weapon, as defined in section
53a-3, shall, within 24
hours after the deliver of such weapon or implement
to the person to whom
sold, give written notice of such sale or delivery,
specifying the article
sold and the name and address of the person to
whom sold or delivered, to
the chief of police of the city, the warden of
the borough or the first
selectman of the town, within which such weapon
or implement is sold or
delivered, as the case may be. Any person who violates
any provision of this
subsection shall be fined not more than one hundred
dollars. SUMMARY:
Section 53-206(a) prohibits the carrying of a Stunning
Device on the person
unless that person has obtained a dangerous weapons
permit. However, there
are no statewide permits, only local permits. The
permit is only good in
that particular town and would be illegal elsewhere.
Anyone selling such a
weapon must notify the chief of police with that
information within 24 hours
of the delivery. Therefore Stunning Devices can
be sold and it can be kept
in your place of business or home, but you cannot
carry it on your person
without a permit which is only good within the
limits of the city in which
it was issued.
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ILLINOIS: Legal with conditions (Illegal in Chicago)
Illinois State Law. Compiled Stat. Ann. Chapter
430. Public Safety ACT 65.
Firearms Owners Identification Card Act. Chapter
720. Criminal Law and
Procedure, Article 24. Deadly Weapons. 5/24-1 Unlawful
use of Weapons. (A) A
person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons
when he knowingly:
(8) Carries or possesses a firearm, stun gun or
Taser or other deadly
weapon in any place, which is licensed to sell
intoxicating beverages, or at
any public gathering held pursuant to a license
issued by any governmental
body or any public gathering at which an admission
is charged, excluding a
place where a showing, demonstration or lecture
involving the exhibition of
unloaded firearms is conducted; or (9) Carries
or possesses in a vehicle or
on or about his person any pistol, revolver, stun
gun or Taser, or firearm
or ballistic knife, when he is hooded, robed or
masked in such a manner as
to conceal his identity; or (10) Carries or possesses
on or about his
person, upon any public street, alley, or other
public lands within the
corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated
town, except when an
invitee thereon or therein, for the purpose of
the display of such weapon or
the lawful commerce in weapons, except when on
his land or in his own abode
or fixed place of business, any pistol, revolver,
stun gun or Taser or other
firearm. A "stun gun or Taser," as used
in this paragraph (a) means (i) any
device which is powered by electrical charging
units, such as batteries, and
which fires one or several barbs attached to a
length of wire and which,
upon hitting a human, can send out a current capable
of disrupting person’s
nervous system in such a manner as to render him
incapable of normal
functioning or (ii) any device, which is powered
by electrical charging
units, such as batteries, and which, upon contact
with a human or clothing
worn by a human, can send out a current capable
of disrupting the person’s
nervous system in such a manner as to render him
incapable of normal
functioning. (b) Sentence. A person convicted of
a violation of Subsection
24-1(a)(8) and Subsection 24-1(a)(10) commits a
Class A misdemeanor; a
person convicted of a violation of Subsection 24(a)(9)
commits a Class 4
felony. (c)(2) A person who violates Subsection
24-1(a)(9) in any school,
regardless of the time of day or the time of year
or residential property
owned, operated and managed by a public housing
agency or on the real
property comprising any school, regardless of the
time of day or the time of
year or residential property owned, operated and
managed by a public housing
agency or any conveyance owned, leased or contracted
by a school to
transport students to or from school or a school-related
activity commits a
Class 3 felony. School is defined as any public
or private elementary or
secondary school, community college, college or
university. Article 24
5/24-1.1 Unlawful Use of Possession of Weapons
by Felons or Persons in the
Custody of the Department of Corrections Facilities.
Section 24-1.1.
Unlawful Use of Possession of Weapons by Felons
or Persons in the Custody of
the Department of Corrections Facilities. (a) It
is unlawful for a person to
knowingly possess on or about his person or on
his land or in his abode or
fixed place of business any weapons prohibited
under Section 24-1 of this
Act or any firearm ammunition if the person has
been convicted of a felony
under the law of the State or any other jurisdiction.
This section does not
apply if the person has been granted relief by
the Director of the
Department of State Police pursuant to Section
10. Article 24 5/24-2
Exemptions (i) nothing in this Article shall prohibit,
apply to, or affect
the transportation, carrying or possession, of
any pistol or revolver, stun
gun, Taser, or other firearm consigned to a Common
Carrier operating under
license of the State of Illinois or the Federal
Government, where such
transportation, carrying, or possession is incident
to the lawful
transportation in which such Common Carrier is
engaged; and nothing in this
Article shall prohibit, apply to or affect the
transportation, carrying or
possession of any pistol, revolver, stun gun, Taser,
or other firearm, not
the subject of and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7)
or subsection 24-2(c)
of this Article, which is unloaded and enclosed
in a case, firearm carrying
box, shipping box, or other container, by the possessor
of a valid Firearm
Owners Identification Card. SUMMARY: Possession
of a Stunning Device is
unlawful when in corporate limits of a city or
incorporated town, school, in
any place licensed to sell intoxicating beverages,
at any public gathering
held pursuant to a license issued by any governmental
body or any public
gathering at which an admission is charged, or
when a person’s identity is
concealed. Possession is legal when on a person’s
land or in his own abode
or fixed place of business in Illinois.
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CITY RESTRICTIONS:
IOWA: LINN COUNTY/CEDAR RAPIDS:
Any stun
gun in public requires the user to have a concealed
weapons permit. By
literal translation, Capt. Schwartz (ph: 319-398-3911)
states that
technically, this includes even "snowballs" and "Stunning
Devices". NOTE: Stunning Devices can be used,
however, in the place of business or at home.
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STATES WHERE PEPPER SPRAY IS RESTRICTED: (We cannot ship to these states. If an order is placed your order will be cancelled).
NEW YORK: New York residents
may only buy pepper spray, Mace and other
defensive sprays from licensed Firearms
Dealers or licensed Pharmacists in that state. However,
it is now legal to ship animal and dog repellents to NY.
MASSACHUSETTS:
Massachusetts residents may only buy pepper spray, Mace and other defensive sprays from licensed
Firearms Dealers in that state.
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STATES WHERE PEPPER SPRAY HAS SOME RESTRICTIONS:
MICHIGAN: Click here for Michigan approved Mace. Michigan approved Mace pepper spray can be no
stronger then a 2% concentrate (Different companies can
sell different concentrations.) CS is the only Tear Gas
accepted and can be no larger then 35 grams per can. No
combination spray allowed. WomenOnGuard.com sells
Michigan approved pepper spray. It is also
legal to ship bear pepper spray and dog pepper spray to Michigan.
Please check out the Michigan approved sprays.
WISCONSIN: Click here for pepper spray products permissible in WI and Click Here for Mace Brand products. Tear
gas is not permissible. By regulation, OC products with
a maximum OC concentration of 10% and weight range of
oleoresin of capsicum and inert ingredients of 15-60
grams are authorized. This is our 1/2 oz. pepper spray and 2 oz. pepper spray. Further,
the product cannot be camouflaged, and must have a
safety feature designed to prevent accidental discharge.
The units may not have an effective range of over 20
feet and must have an effective range of six feet. The
units must also be sold in sealed tamper-proof packages.
WomenOnGuard.com sells sprays that are legal and can be
shipped to Wisconsin. Look under the Pepper Spray
category for the 1/2 ounce and 2 oz. sprays that have no
more than a 10% solution and that are not combined with
other ingredients. Such sprays would include the 1/2
ounce and 2 ounce Pepper Shot Pepper Spray with the
injected molded and Leatherette holsters. It is also
legal to ship bear pepper spray and dog pepper spray to Wisconsin.
WomenOnGuard.com sells Mace Muzzle Dog Repellent and Mace Bear Spray.
NOTE: Pepper spray is legal in all 50 states, however a
number of cities and states have restrictions on sizes,
strengths, etc.. If you have a question, it is wise to
check with you local city or state attorneys office.
Defense sprays should only be purchased by those 18
years of age or older. The above list may not be totally
accurate or complete and WomenOnGuard.com accepts no
responsibility for its accuracy or completeness. If you
attempt to buy pepper spray, stun devices or
self-defense products that are prohibited in the ship to
address area, WomenOnGuard.com will cancel
your order. Please, only buy Mace, pepper spray, stun gun or taser self defense products if legal in your area. Share
our Safety Tips with your friends and family for their own personal
defense and help eliminate the possibility of date rape,
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