Pepper spray laws in Connecticut

Our search found no Connecticut law restricting the sale or shipping of pepper spray. Federal rules apply regardless.

What we searched

Conn. Gen. Stat. chs. 943, 952, 529, 950 https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_943.htm (TLS failure on 2026-10-25: 'unable to get local issuer certificate'; not bypassed)
Existing research: §§ 53-206, 53-206k, 53a-3, 29-38 (no spray provision)
Web search for CT pepper spray sale/minor law and 2024-2026 changes (none found; P.A. 25-157 reportedly concerns security officers' less-lethal weapons, unverified)

No CT sale, age, size or label rule for pepper spray found; re-check when cga.ct.gov TLS chain is fixed.

Federal

These apply 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.

USPS Publication 52 § 346.24 (Nonmailable Division 6.1 Toxic Substances: Irritating Materials) · draft

Exact text

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.