Check your local laws, too. In Illinois, for example, it is “heinous battery” to use a caustic substance against another person, including boiling hot water. Ten years. From the acid in the face days. There is a specific exemption for pepper spray and mace of a certain concentration.
Read the comment section for the linked article; somewhere within all the wisdom shared is the idea that spraying chemicals on another individual to do them harm is a good way to get sued. Dead attackers don’t sue, perhaps their relatives might have a shot at a law suit; but think out your strategy in advance; what are your rights to begin with, gun rights, chance of injury to an innocent bystander, and last but not least “I want to talk to my lawyer before saying anything else…”
July 10th, 2009 at 10:27 am
Check your local laws, too. In Illinois, for example, it is “heinous battery” to use a caustic substance against another person, including boiling hot water. Ten years. From the acid in the face days. There is a specific exemption for pepper spray and mace of a certain concentration.
July 11th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Read the comment section for the linked article; somewhere within all the wisdom shared is the idea that spraying chemicals on another individual to do them harm is a good way to get sued. Dead attackers don’t sue, perhaps their relatives might have a shot at a law suit; but think out your strategy in advance; what are your rights to begin with, gun rights, chance of injury to an innocent bystander, and last but not least “I want to talk to my lawyer before saying anything else…”