Approved Safety Sprays for Michigan Residents
Michigan has been one of the states identified as not allowing its residents to carry a personal safety spray such as pepper spray or tear gas. That has all changed now with a series of Mace brand safety sprays in a Michigan approved formula. Michigan residents can now choose to carry safety spray for their personal protection just as most of the rest of the nation has been able to.
Mace Pepper Spray
Mace Michigan Formula Pepper Gard is a powerful, double-action security spray that combines the knock-down power of pepper spray with a UV dye that will allow police to quickly and easily identify any assailant it is used on. Using safety sprays that contain the UV dye are extremely helpful in allowing law enforcement to identify and capture aggressive, dangerous, or confrontational people.
Mace Double Action Tear Gas
The other option in personal security spray approved for Michigan residents is the Mace Double Action Tear Gas. It also contains the helpful UV dye for marking your aggressor, but in this product it is combined with the crippling power of chemical tear gas. Before Mace began developing a wide range of security sprays, chemical tear gas was simply known as mace.
The difference between mace and pepper spray is in the active ingredient. Pepper spray is a natural type of security spray, made from the liquid extracts of hot peppers. Somewhat oily in nature, pepper spray does not easily wash off, but its effects will eventually disappear as the product slowly evaporates.
Mace is a chemical tearing agent contained in a volatile carrier base that causes intense burning of the eyes as well as skin irritation. The active chemical in mace security spray is particulate, meaning the carrier contains bits of the chemical. These cling to the face of the attacker, and the chemical does not evaporate. It must be washed completely from the skin or else rubbing the area can re-activate the effects.
Either of these security sprays are effective deterrents that now offer a means of personal protection from attackers for the residents of Michigan.