Pepper spray laws in Mississippi
We haven't been able to check Mississippi's pepper spray laws yet: its official code isn't published openly online.
What we searched
- Miss. Code §§ 97-37-1, 97-37-13, 97-37-17 as captured in data/research/US-MS.json (session-law texts on billstatus.ls.state.ms.us; official code hosted by Lexis, not curl-able)
- Web search for Mississippi tear gas / pepper spray / chemical spray statutes in Title 97 ch. 37 (none)
- 2026-10-26 session-law pass: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/ and https://www.legislature.ms.gov/ both fail TLS verification (curl error 60, unable to get local issuer certificate; server omits the GlobalSign RSA OV SSL CA 2018 intermediate). Recorded and skipped per instructions; not bypassed.
- https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/perl/{session}p_cs.pl?title=97&chapter=37§ion=13 (code-section index, every regular session 2001-2026: only bills that died)
- https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2818IN.htm (§ 97-37-13 reprint)
- https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2008..2026/pdf/all_measures/allmsrs.xml (bill-title keyword search): no bill title mentions pepper spray/tear gas/mace/chemical spray
No statute names spray; § 97-37-13 minors rule covers undefined "deadly weapon". Reviewer override keeps not_checked. [Reviewer: The official code is only on Lexis and wasn't read; 'nothing found' rests on an incomplete search, so the lookup must not say 'can ship'.]
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 ... 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.