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Don't know where you live, but all but the two folders on top would get you a stay in the grey bar hotel where I live.
"It is a violation of Federal law to use this product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling." 40 CFR 156.10(i)(2)(ii).
Regarding wasp sprays, bleach sprays, etc....
Not a good idea to go using bleach or wasp sprays at people, unless you want a Federal conviction, find and jail.
Why the effort to find some less effective unconventional weapon when handguns are affordable, compact, effective, and legal?
That addresses the state use of force laws and the state laws pertaining to the possession of weapons.Posted by RetiredUSNChief: To intentionally make a weapon out of wasp spray before hand may indeed be in violation of the law. However, grabbing a can of wasp spray to defend yourself in the heat of battle is using a weapon of opportunity. Big difference.
It's the same difference between carrying a baseball bat you've driven gutter spikes through as a deadly weapon and grabbing you son's baseball bat in the den to defend yourself. Both are potential deadly weapons, not intended for that purpose; the difference being in the approach to how they were brought into play.
I don't think there are very many, if any, legal cases where a person defended themselves in a matter of serious assault with such a weapon of opportunity where they were prosecuted for "weaponizing" such items.
That addresses the state use of force laws and the state laws pertaining to the possession of weapons.
But that's not the issue regarding wasp spray.
There is a Federal law that covers the use of wasp spray for uses other that killing wasps and hornets. USC Section 18, Part 1, Chapter 11B, Chemical Weapons makes it unlawful for anyone to knowingly receive, stockpile, retain, own, possess, or use, or threaten to use, any chemical which, through its chemical action on life processes can cause death, temporary incapacitation or permanent harm to humans or animals, except for "any peaceful purpose related to an industrial, agricultural, research, medical, or pharmaceutical activity or other activity."
It does.Posted by RetiredUSNChief: I'm not so sure that this actually covers what we're talking about.
Of course. That is why it is sold.Killing wasps is a peaceful purpose (well...not for the wasps, anyway) which can fall under agricultural or "other activity".
Among the operative words, however, are "precursor" which means any chemical reactant which takes part at any stage in the production by whatever method of a toxic chemical. A toxic chemical is defined any chemical which through its chemical action on life processes can cause death, temporary incapacitation or permanent harm to humans or animals.It seems that the entire context of this chapter deals specifically with chemicals and precursors designed or directly related to military chemical warfare use.
How so?I don't see wasp spray as falling under any of those definitions.
You are right on the money.And, if it does, then there are a great many household chemicals which may also fall under this prohibition you speak of, such as ammonia, bleach, and lye.
All of that falls under state laws, and under those, there are provisions for defense of justification.The guns we profess to be ready and willing to use in self-defense are lethal weapons. The kitchen knife I may grab is a lethal weapon. The baseball bat or crowbar I grab is a lethal weapon.
The kitchen knife is designed for a peaceful purpose...as is the baseball bat and the crowbar.
That's a good point. Also, although it may appear inconsistent with that, there is the issue that the use of wasp spray on a person would likely be judged as constituting use of deadly force, because it can be reasonably expected to cause permanent blindness. And there's the Federal law.Posted by RetiredUSNChief: As one site I researched said, it's stupid to count on the comparatively feeble effectiveness of wasp spray as a reliable defensive weapon, especially since its lack of effectiveness may only serve to enrage your attacker and increase the danger to your own life as a result.
That's what we are here for.Thanks for taking the time to point all this out to me.
You sir have won the internet for the day. Nice 1950s B-Movie Reference!
What does it mean if I actually own that movie?
What does it mean if I actually own that movie?
You're like me