Tory leadership hopeful Kellie Leitch wants to legalize pepper spray to help reduce violence against women | National Post
'In 2012, in Gatineau, Que., a store clerk used pepper spray to ward off an attack but was not charged for using the spray. '
'Mace, tear gas, pepper spray and other gases that can harm or incapacitate another person are currently listed as prohibited weapons in the Criminal Code. '
'But two 15-year-olds in Ottawa in 2013 ended up facing a combined 18 charges after discharging pepper spray on a city bus. '
'OTTAWA – Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch will vow today to make it legal to carry mace or pepper spray, a move her campaign is positioning as a way to reduce the incidence of violence against women. '
'The House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women has been studying the issue of violence against women and girls. '
[–] Mediocrity 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Wait a minute...
Pepper spray is illegal in Canada?
Are you fucking kidding? I'll bet body armor is illegal too.
EDIT: Yup. https://www.solgps.alberta.ca/programs_and_services/public_security/BACAct/Pages/default.aspx
You guys are fucked.
[–] Yo [S] ago (edited ago)
Well pepper/bear spray's legal against wildlife, so campers and people working in the wilderness can carry it. But for protection (against humans) it's prohibited. Pretty much everything's prohibited for self-defense here. Sure you can get a license to own rifles and handguns, but if you claim it's for protection they won't give you a license.