Is it legal to own a pepper spray in Denmark?
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In Denmark you need police permission to buy and have pepper spray. Danish police say pepper-spray permits are generally only given to adults with a special need for protection.
Conditions
What would need to be true
A permit is required; applicants must be at least 18 and are assessed for a concrete risk of violent attack and suitability to use pepper spray.
Exceptions
Known carve-outs or edge cases
Police say permits are generally limited to people with a special protection need, such as stalking or certain conflict situations.
Penalties
Penalty snapshot
Unauthorised acquisition or possession can be punished under Denmark's weapons rules; the official sources reviewed do not state one fixed penalty for every scenario.
Enforcement
How this may be enforced
The police administer the permit system and enforce the weapons rules.
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The Danish Ministry of Culture says it is never permitted to download a film that has been put on the internet without the rights holder's permission, even for personal use.
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The Danish Ministry of Culture says streamed films are lawful where the rights holder has permitted the streaming, but if permission has not been given the viewer will generally infringe because a temporary copy is often stored during streaming.
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Brass knuckles in Denmark are permit-controlled strike weapons. Official Danish weapons rules prohibit acquiring brass knuckles without police permission, and Danish police say knojern require a permit that is given only exceptionally and under very special circumstances.
buy a pepper spray
In Denmark you need police permission to buy and have pepper spray. Danish police say pepper-spray permits are generally only given to adults with a special need for protection.
Compare this activity in other countries
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Australia
Australia does not have one uniform civilian pepper-spray rule. Victoria Police says capsicum spray is illegal to purchase, possess, carry or use without a Governor in Council exemption or Chief Commissioner approval, while WA regulations expressly allow carrying or possessing a capsicum spray weapon for lawful defence where the person has reasonable grounds to apprehend circumstances may arise.
Austria
Austria’s official pepper spray page treats pepper spray as a weapon but allows civilian possession subject to rules, and states it may only be used exclusively in self-defence.
Belgium
Belgian Justice lists self-defence aerosols and sprays as prohibited weapons. Prohibited weapons cannot lawfully be possessed, bought, transported or carried by civilians.
Canada
In Canada a spray designed to be used against humans is a prohibited weapon but animal repellents labelled only for animal use are treated differently.
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