Alaskaflyer
Guru
Greetings,
Mr. f. further to my previous comment and after a bit of research, it seems your "friend" is breaking the law. Pepper SPRAY is considered a restricted weapon in Canada unless it is for protection against animals so by extension (on my part), pepper balls are as well since they are meant to be used against humans. He might be compliant with US laws BUT only US laws.
Pepper devices are also illegal in the Bahamas, generally, though like firearms, you may be able to keep them locked on your boat once declared, as he said. Problem is authorities treating other weapons such as large knives, pepper spray differently than firearms i.e. not aligning the rules and being unable to extrapolate in a common sense way.
I am a retired fed among other things and years ago soon after 9/11 I was flying somewhere on assignment. The newly-constituted TSA was processing me through security. Carrying my duty handgun and magazines, and handcuffs? No problem, there was a rulebook on that. Carry my small expandable baton and a folding knife? Red alert! Took the facility security manager and a passing Air Marshal to convince the nitwits that if someone is armed with a loaded handgun., there is no use prohibiting intermediate weapons.
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