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After a pilot program in 2024, there was a steep rise in the irritant’s use in 2025 — coinciding with a drop in gun use.

Byrna Technologies, Inc. is a less-lethal self-defense technology company, which engages in the business of developing, manufacturing, and selling innovative less-lethal personal security solutions.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — After ICE agents deployed pepper spray through an open car window toward a Columbus mom and three children, NBC4 Investigates reviewed how the incident aligned with ICE policy.

This story has been updated to add new information. Immigration agents deployed pepper spray against several Rapid Response observers in South Tucson Monday morning, where about four ICE vehicles had ...

Ali Bauman is a New York Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist who has been a general assignment reporter for CBS News New York since spring 2016. NEW YORK – Multiple children were ...

New Jersey has numerous laws regarding weapons and what classifies them as illegal. Different types of guns, explosives and other firearms are banned in specific state laws. What about pepper spray?

ALBANY – New York’s baffling laws restricting the sale of pepper spray would be loosened under a bipartisan measure being pushed by pols in Albany. Despite fears about crime in New York, state law ...

State Police arrested a 51-year-old Upstate New York man on weapons and intoxicated driving charges after he allegedly waved and pointed what appeared to be a handgun at motorists on the Thruway.

Tewksbury State Hospital, a state-run hospital north of Boston with a large mental health patient population, has a history of problems. Now, WBZ-TV's I-Team has learned the Massachusetts Department ...

LIVERPOOL, N.Y. — A student at Liverpool Elementary School brought a Byrna pepper ball to school and accidentally released its contents into the air during class on Tuesday morning. According to the ...