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Pepper spray laws in Alaska

We list 2 Alaska rules on pepper spray; 1 is a ban.

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Alaska

18+Sell pepper spray in Alaska only to buyers 18 or older.
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* Section 1. AS 11.61.210(a) is amended to read:
(a) A person commits the crime of misconduct involving weapons in the
fourth degree if the person
(1) possesses on the person, or in the interior of a vehicle in which the
person is present, a firearm when the person's physical or mental condition is impaired
as a result of the introduction of an intoxi cating liquor or a contro lled substance into
the person's body in circumstances other than described in AS 11.61.200(a)(7);
(2) discharges a firearm from, on, or across a highway;
(3) discharges a firearm with reckless disregard for a risk of damage to
property or a risk of physical injury to a person under circumstances other than those
described in AS 11.61.195(a)(3)(A);
(4) manufactures, possesses, trans ports, sells, or transfers metal
knuckles;
(5) [MANUFACTURES,] sells [,] or transfers a switchblade or a
gravity knife to a person under 18 years of age without the prior written consent
of the person's parent or guardian;
(6) knowingly sells a fi rearm or a defensive weapon to a person under
18 years of age;
BannedDo not ship pepper spray to Alaska via FedEx Ground: FedEx Ground does not carry hazardous materials, including Limited Quantity aerosol sprays, to, from or within Alaska or Hawaii.
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We ship hazardous materials, including Limited Quantity materials, via FedEx Ground® within the contiguous U.S. Hazardous materials, including Limited Quantity materials, cannot be shipped to, from or within Alaska or Hawaii. Limited Quantity can be shipped to Canada.
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Hazardous materials in FedEx Ground packages cannot be shipped to, from or within Alaska or Hawaii.
This includes shipments containing or marked as Limited Quantity materials and combustible liquids. Examples of these materials include, but are not limited to:
Aerosol sprays

Federal

Applies in every state.

BannedDo not mail via USPS a spray or device containing more than 2 percent CN/CS tear gas by mass (or bulk tear gas substance); devices with 2 percent or less tear gas are classed as aerosols and are mailable by surface (flammable) or air/surface (nonflammable) under Pub 52 Appendix A.
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346.24 Nonmailable Division 6.1 Toxic Substances
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Irritating Materials: All irritating materials are nonmailable. Examples include the following:
Bromobenzyl cyanide (UN1694).
Chloroacetophenone (UN1697).
Diphenylamine chloroarsine (UN1698).
Diphenylchloroarsine (UN1699).
Tear gas (UN1700, NA1693, and UN1693), except for those containing oleoresin capsicum.