[billethkid]

wasp spray defense:


However, there are potential legal issues with using wasp spray as a protective device. The letter says "wasp spray temporarily blinds an attacker until they get to the hospital for an antidote." Wasp spray is a poison design to KILL WASP. The active ingredient in most insect sprays including wasp sprays is synthetic pyrethroid, allethin. Pyrethrins are used in many varieties of insecticide, fogging products and in some pet products. Pyrethrins are neurotoxins that attack the nervous systems of all insects. Care should be taken when using this substance around humans and animals. Overdose and toxicity can result in a variety of symptoms, especially in pets, including drooling, lethargy, muscle tremors, vomiting, seizures and death. Toxicity symptoms in humans include asthmatic breathing, sneezing, nasal stuffiness, headache, nausea, in coordination, tremors, convulsions, facial flushing and swelling, and burning, itching sensation, or worse.

Given that the United States is the most litigious cultures, you could find yourself sued if you used Wasp Spray and it did harm. Stranger things have happened. Many of the sprays actually give a warning that its violation of Federal law to use the product other than for what is was intended for. In some jurisdiction it is actually illegal to use any form of self-defense other than pepper spray. For example look at the Michigan Penal Code. If it a matter of you or them, use what you have to use. However, if you planned to use it, it could be see as premeditated.

We can conclude that you are better to stick with pepper spray as the choice of personal protection. There are cities that have stores that sell it, and you can almost always get it over the internet, except in those states where it can only be purchased in state. Pepper Spray is a legal and typically non-lethal form of self defense that has a sufficient range to offer you the protection you need.


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