18 U.S.C. § 229C — Individual self-defense devices

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This law does not ban personal self-defense items like pepper spray or chemical mace, even though they contain chemicals.

Nothing in this chapter — the federal chemical weapons law — can be read to ban an individual self-defense device, including devices that use pepper spray or chemical mace.

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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any individual self-defense device, including those using a pepper spray or chemical mace.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 105–277, div. I, title II, § 201(a), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–869.)

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1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-277 · 112 Stat. 2681

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 105-277 on 1998-10-21.

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