Friday, November 25, 2011

What is pepper spray?

I walked by Occupy D.C. during the night and nobody was in their tent. It was a little disappointing. With all these protests going around it would be inevitable that someone would get pepper sprayed in the face.  

What is pepper spray? And what's the difference between that and mace?

"Mace is a an irritant, while pepper spray is an inflammatory agent. Mace causes the eyes to tear up and stings the skin. Pepper spray causes temporary blindness and temporary breathing difficulties (virtually always non-life-threatening).Pepper spray will work against somebody who is drunk or under the influence of drugs, Mace might not. "Mace" is a also brand name. Some "Mace" products may be pepper sprays.

When a person is sprayed with pepper spray their eyes clamp shut, if they manage to open them they most likely will not see anything because the capillaries in their eyes will be dilated, causing temporary blindness."

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