Pepper spray laws in Kentucky

We didn't find any Kentucky law restricting the sale or shipping of pepper spray. Federal law still applies.

What we searched

KRS 500.080(4) 'deadly weapon' closed list (no spray), effective July 15, 2024 https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=55475
KRS Chapter 527 (firearms and weapons) index https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/chapter.aspx?id=39814
Web search of apps.legislature.ky.gov for 'tear gas'/'pepper spray' (only 2010 HB 196 on disarming officers)
existing data/research/US-KY.json

Spray is not a deadly weapon in KY; no sale/age/size statute found.

Federal

Applies nationwide.

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.