Is it legal to buy a pepper spray in Germany?
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Buying pepper spray in Germany is not a clean yes or no because some irritant spray devices are prohibited weapons unless they meet the official safety and marking conditions and animal-defense pepper sprays are treated differently.
Conditions
What would need to be true
A spray marketed as a weapon must satisfy the official approval and marking conditions to avoid the prohibition and the buyer still needs to check age and product classification.
Exceptions
Known carve-outs or edge cases
Pepper sprays intended for defense against animals are described by Zoll as outside the Weapons Act and not prohibited.
Penalties
Penalty snapshot
If the spray falls into the prohibited category then handling it can be punished under section 52 WaffG with up to three years imprisonment or a fine.
Enforcement
How this may be enforced
Police and customs can examine the intended use official mark and product classification during checks or import controls.
More rules in Germany
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download pirated movies
Downloading pirated movies in Germany is not covered by the private-copy exception when the source is obviously unlawfully produced or unlawfully made available to the public and unauthorized reproduction can be criminally punishable.
stream pirated content
The official German copyright provisions checked here do not support a simple consumer-facing yes or no answer for streaming pirated content because temporary copies are allowed only for lawful use and the private-copy exception excludes obviously unlawful sources.
buy a brass knuckles
Brass knuckles are prohibited weapons in Germany and ordinary public purchase is not lawful.
buy a stun gun
Buying a stun gun in Germany is not a clean yes or no because electric shock devices are prohibited unless they are officially approved as harmless and carry the required PTB test mark.
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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