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    Is pepper spray legal in the UK for self defense purposes?

    Question #23230. Asked by Dick. (Oct 14 02 4:51 AM)


    Kainantu

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    Tourist carrying knife sparks parliament alert
    Evening News 23 Jan 2002
    ... Mr Lefont, from Truro, Nova Scotia, was interviewed by police and released without charge, but the lock-knife and spray were confiscated. Mr Lefont claimed he did not know the spray was illegal in the UK and had been carrying the...
    ... CANADIAN tourist caused a security alert at the Scottish Parliament when he was caught with a knife and a can of banned pepper spray. Security staff spotted the items when 22-year-old Matt Lefont's bag was x-rayed during a visit to the...
    http://search.scotsman.com/scripts/rwisapi.dll/@network.env


    Oct 14 02, 5:24 AM

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