Pepper spray laws in Tennessee

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

What we searched

T.C.A. 39-17-1302 prohibited weapons, 39-17-1314 preemption (existing captures)
T.C.A. 39-17-1309(f) (2024) non-lethal weapon definition incl. pepper spray, school/college carry only (secondary source; not fetched)
Web search: Tennessee pepper spray / tear gas statute (none found)

No sale, age or size rule; 2024 school-property provisions concern carry only.

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.