Posted: 3/10/2011 4:15:12 PM EDT
| Is Cold Steel Inferno Pepper Spray legal ? It has 8% Oleoresin Capsicum and 2% black pepper ? |
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I'm a Cold Steel dealer, and it can't be sold to residents of WI.
this disclaimer is at the bottom of the web page talking about the Inferno product. *STATE LAWS PROHIBIT THE SHIPMENT OF PEPPER SPRAYS TO THE FOLLOWING STATES: WI, NY,MA, & MI *NOTE: INFERNO™ PEPPER SPRAY ARE NOT FOR SALE ON THIS WEBSITE. TO PLACE AN ORDER: 1-866-599-5085 : TOLL FREE (IN THE U.S. ONLY) 602-414-1839 : OUTSIDE U.S. NUMBER (NOT TOLL FREE) TO PLACE AN ONLINE ORDER VISIT: WWW.COLDSTEELARIZONA.COM it's also on the back page of the dealer price list. Hope that helps Peter |
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941.26(1)(b) (b) Except as provided in sub. (4), no person may sell, possess, use or transport any tear gas bomb, hand grenade, projectile or shell or any other container of any kind or character into which tear gas or any similar substance is used or placed for use to cause bodily discomfort, panic, or damage to property. 941.26(4)(a) (a) Subsections (1) to (3) do not apply to any device or container that contains a combination of oleoresin of capsicum and inert ingredients but does not contain any other gas or substance that will cause bodily discomfort. |
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941.26(4)(a) (a) Subsections (1) to (3) do not apply to any device or container that contains a combination of oleoresin of capsicum and inert ingredients but does not contain any other gas or substance that will cause bodily discomfort. Yeah... I guess that 2% Black Pepper might cross the line. |
I guess I'm late to the party, I assumed Cold Steel Inferno was a knife. 
Here's the administrative code implementing state law: http://legis.wisconsin.gov/rsb/code/jus/jus014.pdf So not only does it cap OC content at 10%, and prohibit other active ingredients, but it also requires specific information on the packaging in order to be sold in WI. So something that might otherwise be legal, but doesn't meet packaging requirements, can't be sold. |
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941.26(1)(b) (b) Except as provided in sub. (4), no person may sell, possess, use or transport any tear gas bomb, hand grenade, projectile or shell or any other container of any kind or character into which tear gas or any similar substance is used or placed for use to cause bodily discomfort, panic, or damage to property.941.26(4)(a) (a) Subsections (1) to (3) do not apply to any device or container that contains a combination of oleoresin of capsicum and inert ingredients but does not contain any other gas or substance that will cause bodily discomfort. There are literally 1,000s of tear gas containers in WI, and people who have them don't even know they have them! They were installed on the inner surface of safe doors as a "booby-trap" to deter safe burglars, and were quite common on safes built prior to the mid 1940's (especially Mosler safes). A safe is basically a big hunk of steel, and will last for 100 years or more, so there's still plenty of pre 1940's safes in use. As a locksmith/safe-tech I find CS booby-traps on occasion. Prior to the evolution of the "re-locking" device on safes and the improvements in safe combination lock technology, opening a safe by "punching" out the lock tumblers was a common burglary technique. What safe manufacturers did to prevent this, was to install glass tubes containg liquid CS (tear gas) on the inside of the safe door, directly behind where the lock tumblers were located. If a "punching" attack occured, the tumbler unit was driven directly into the glass containers, shattering the glass, and releasing the CS. A chemical reaction occurs when the liquid contacts the oxygen in the air, forming CS gas. It's quite impressive! The glass tubes were housed in a sheet metal box that protected all but one open side... the side facing the door. If you have an old safe, or walk-in vault door, and there's any kind of metal box attached to the inner door surface with some sheet metal screws, and it's directly opposite the safe dial, odds are it contains tear gas. |
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941.26(1)(b) (b) Except as provided in sub. (4), no person may sell, possess, use or transport any tear gas bomb, hand grenade, projectile or shell or any other container of any kind or character into which tear gas or any similar substance is used or placed for use to cause bodily discomfort, panic, or damage to property.941.26(4)(a) (a) Subsections (1) to (3) do not apply to any device or container that contains a combination of oleoresin of capsicum and inert ingredients but does not contain any other gas or substance that will cause bodily discomfort. There are literally 1,000s of tear gas containers in WI, and people who have them don't even know they have them! I don't understand the legal opposition to tear gas. I can understand other chemical weapons that are lethal, or disfiguring (blister, mustard, etc). But a chemical that's primary use is for defense and riot control applications...what's the problem? Personally, I'd rather take a lungful of CS over OC. |
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I guess I'm late to the party, I assumed Cold Steel Inferno was a knife.
Here's the administrative code implementing state law: http://legis.wisconsin.gov/rsb/code/jus/jus014.pdf So not only does it cap OC content at 10%, and prohibit other active ingredients, but it also requires specific information on the packaging in order to be sold in WI. So something that might otherwise be legal, but doesn't meet packaging requirements, can't be sold. Thanks for the clarification! |