Pepper spray laws in Pennsylvania

Our search found no Pennsylvania law restricting the sale or shipping of pepper spray. Federal law still applies.

What we searched

18 Pa.C.S. § 908 prohibited offensive weapons and § 912 (existing captures, https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM&ttl=18&div=0&chapter=9&section=8&subsctn=0) - spray not listed
18 Pa.C.S. § 2708 (use of tear or noxious gas in labor disputes; use-only, not fetched)
Web search 2026-10-25 for 2024-2026 enacted pepper-spray bills in TN/PA/VA/UT/WV (none found)

No sale, age or size rule; 908 offensive-weapons list does not name sprays.

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.