Pepper spray laws in Missouri

We found no Missouri law restricting the sale or shipping of pepper spray. Federal rules still apply.

What we searched

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 571.010(10) gas gun definition excludes repellant/temporary incapacitating devices https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=571.010
§ 571.020.1(3) gas gun ban https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=571.020
§§ 571.030, 571.060 https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=571.060

Gas-gun ban expressly excludes repellant sprays; § 571.060.1(2) minor-transfer rule names only blackjacks and firearms.

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.

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.