carry a pepper spray
Topic: Self Defence Weapons. Activity pages act as clean lookup hubs rather than a second content source.
Activity overview
What this hub is for
This activity currently has 25 starter country rows in the reset dataset. The current sample leans toward restricted outcomes, which is enough to test browse flows without pretending the dataset is complete.
Starter comparison cards
These show the countries currently mapped for this activity in the reset dataset.
Belgium
Belgian Justice lists self-defence aerosols and sprays as prohibited weapons. Prohibited weapons cannot lawfully be possessed, bought, transported or carried by civilians.
Hong Kong
Carrying pepper spray in Hong Kong is not lawful for the public because tear gas is treated as arms and possession requires a licence.
Ireland
Irish government guidance says CS gas spray and pepper spray are totally prohibited items and that importation or possession of pepper spray is illegal without lawful authority.
Netherlands
Dutch police explicitly say you may not have pepper spray on you for self-defence. The police page states that possession is criminal and that you may not have it and therefore may not use it.
Norway
Norway’s weapon rules treat pepper spray and electroshock weapons as prohibited civilian self-defence weapons. The weapons regulation forbids acquiring, owning and possessing electroshock weapons, pepper spray and similar means.
Singapore
Carrying pepper spray in Singapore is not lawful for the general public because it is a regulated noxious substance and the police say members of the general public are not licensed for those activities.
United Kingdom
Carrying pepper spray in the United Kingdom is not lawful for the public because it is a prohibited weapon rather than a permitted self defence item.
India
Official Indian government sources describe chilli pepper spray as a non-lethal product for personal protection and self-defence, an official police training brochure tells women to carry pepper spray, and an official Supreme Court judgment accepted pepper-spray use in self-defence on the facts before it.
All current country rows
The table remains useful for auditing coverage and row state while the data is still sparse.
| Country | Status | Row state |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Depends | verified |
| Austria | Depends | verified |
| Belgium | No | verified |
| Canada | Depends | verified |
| Colombia | Depends | verified |
| Denmark | Depends | verified |
| Finland | Depends | verified |
| France | Depends | verified |
| Germany | Depends | verified |
| Hong Kong | No | verified |
| India | Yes | verified |
| Ireland | No | verified |
| Italy | Depends | verified |
| Japan | Depends | verified |
| Netherlands | No | verified |
| New Zealand | Depends | verified |
| Norway | No | verified |
| Poland | Depends | verified |
| Portugal | Depends | verified |
| Singapore | No | verified |
| South Korea | Depends | verified |
| Sweden | Depends | verified |
| Switzerland | Depends | verified |
| United Kingdom | No | verified |
| United States | Depends | verified |