pepper spray

pepper spray is a tear gas or weapon type.

Also recorded as OC spray; capsicum spray; pepper gas.

Overview

Materials recorded for it include capsicum oleoresin and capsaicin. Its recorded use is pain infliction, riot control and crowd control. Catalogue entries for arms and armour state maker, marks, mechanism and, where relevant, licensing. VALÉORINE records this subject so that lots referring to it can be described consistently.

In detail

non-lethal chemical weapon

Sources

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reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
“Pepper spray”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
Wikidata, structured authority record Q622653: pepper spray
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