North Carolina is a state with generally amenable laws for pepper and other defensive sprays. It does have a fairly restrictive capacity limitation, but other than that you can carry any kind of spray you want be it made from natural or artificial ingredients. Additionally, only people who are not convicted felons may possess pepper …
Maryland is another state with generally permissive pepper spray laws, although this is one state where you can have only legitimate pepper spray, not tear gas and not a blend of any other defensive spray formulations. The law is quite specific concerning the formulation of such sprays and its ingredients must be derived from actual …
Ohio is a legally friendly state as far as pepper spray is concerned. Citizens may freely purchase and possess all manner of defensive sprays in any standard formulation they desire, and they may also carry any quantity that they are comfortable with. However, Ohio does prohibit convicted felons from owning or possessing defensive sprays and …
West Virginia is a permissive state concerning civilian use and carry of self-defense sprays such as pepper spray. Although sometimes reported as being strict against the use of defensive sprays thanks to a simple misunderstanding in the way certain statutes are interpreted, West Virginia is in reality extremely permissive with no major restrictions on formula, …
Kentucky is one of the most second amendment friendly states around, and thankfully as one would expect this extends to the use of defensive sprays by civilians. Kentucky has absolutely no laws restricting the use of pepper spray or other defensive sprays on the basis of formula, capacity or any other essential characteristics except those …
Washington D.C. is rightly regarded as infamous for its draconian restrictions on firearms and general otherness compared to the laws elsewhere in the land throughout the United States. It is perhaps surprising then that D.C. is so permissive when it comes to civilian possession and use of pepper sprays, at least compared to their firearms …
Vermont is a US state that gets high marks for permissibility. This state places effectively no restrictions on civilian possession, carry, and use of pepper spray so long as they are not committing any crime, or using the spray in the furtherance of the commission of a crime. All common formulations are allowed, and citizens …
Tennessee is yet another exemplary state concerning citizens’ possession, carry and use of pepper spray and other defensive sprays. Tennessee has hardly any laws to speak of concerning pepper spray except those that would cover the commission of any crime applicable with any other weapon or implement. Citizens are entirely free to choose whatever quantity …
Wyoming is known for being sparsely populated, and also for having sparsely inhabited law books! No surprise then that Wyoming has effectively no laws specifically concerning civilian possession of pepper spray or other defensive sprays. The state does not restrict any specific formulation, any specific type of dispenser or the quantity that citizens may carry. …
Delaware is a permissive state when it comes to pepper sprays and other defensive sprays. You may own any category of defensive spray consisting of any blend of natural or synthetic ingredients so long as they are intended for self-defense, any size and any configuration. Delaware has very few restrictions on the sale or ownership …
