Bear or pepper spray in school

[Kid Stanislaus]

In the face of a deadly threat the use of a deadly weapon is legitimate self defense.

[tcrpe]

Bear spray is not a pesticide or a poison. FUD

[tcrpe]

My gun doesn't say on it that it's illegal to use on humans. Neither do my fists.

[pHredd9mm]

I used to substitute teach. I carried pepper spray, a flashlight and a folding knife in little holsters on my belt along with my cell phone. Never a word from anyone at all the schools I was at. Never took the knife or pepper spray out of the holster carriers, but did use the flashlight occasionally. Out of sight, out mind.

[GrizzlyGuy]

Bear spray is not a pesticide or a poison. FUD

I guess you didn't click the link I provided. Straight from the horse's (manufacturer's) mouth:

This thread made me curious about the legality of the large (> 2.5 Oz) bear spray canisters, as we frequently see them up here in bear country (mostly carried by tourists, we locals just yell at the bears and they scamper).

I E-mailed my question to the folks at Counterassault.com and they replied:

Quote:
Yes, the bear spray is legal in California because it is a registered pesticide. The 2.5 oz restriction only applies to personal defense sprays.

That makes bear spray legal to use against bears and other pests. Humans aren't in that category.

[Mitch]

If there are chairs in the classroom your wife has weapons at her disposal. The efficacy of chairs as weapons depends to a great degree on the age of the students.

The Virginia Tech shooting could have been stopped cold if just one student threw a chair at Cho, and a couple others dogpiled on top of him.

My GF came back from some training her company (a utility) gave on what to do about an active shooter. I was pleased to hear than instead of cowering in fear until they got shot, it was suggested they look around for anything that could be used as a weapon and use it. The training was out of some US government pamphlets, too.

That's progress, anyway.

[Jack L]

Bear spray can kill a person and it will not always stop bears.

It is illegal to use bear spray on a human in CA. All cans of spray that are marked for use on animals cannot be used on humans.

[Bt Doctur]

Well, i guess the only other thing is a squirt gun filled with sulfuric or nitric acid.

[todd2968]

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[Dr.Lou]

Well, i guess the only other thing is a squirt gun filled with sulfuric or nitric acid.

Good luck finding a squirt gun that is acid resistant - and that's also illegal. As a chemical weapons, firearms and Taser Instructor. Short of using deadly force, I prefer pepper spray over the Taser for most applications, especially if they are wearing heavy clothing or body armor. I have never had pepper spray fail me - the Eskimos hate it! The only problem with spray is that it takes a couple seconds to really work - doesn't work with a gas mask.

[Dr.Lou]

Well, i guess the only other thing is a squirt gun filled with sulfuric or nitric acid.

Good luck finding a squirt gun that is acid resistant - and that's also illegal. As a chemical weapons, firearms and Taser Instructor. Short of using deadly force, I prefer pepper spray over the Taser for most applications, especially if they are wearing heavy clothing or body armor. I have never had pepper spray fail me - the Eskimos hate it! The only problem with spray is that it takes a couple seconds to really work - doesn't work with a gas mask.