Ya think???

https://byrna.com/

 

These guys were at SHOT Show 2020

https://www.pepperball.com/#

As well as these guys

https://www.hero2020.com/

Doesn't answer my not asked question...

This is New Jersey. So I default to NO 1st

My guess would be no way!

2 hours ago, SmittyMHS said:

Doesn't answer my not asked question...

This is New Jersey. So I default to NO 1st

If your question is "is it legal" - it's a paintball gun technically so yes.

If your question is should someone buy it - hell no (unless somehow they're a prohibited person and still need self defense)

I have seen way too many YouTube videos of people hitting their friends with pepperballs for fun to think they would seriously deter someone determined to harm you. I would rather have a pocket knife on hand Smith & Wesson makes a fairly cheap decent folding blade.

I would not buy something that "looks like a gun" to protect myself or my family.

It's great that it shoots pepperballs that may or may not stop an unarmed person IF it's deployed correctly, but it's still a hard pass for me.

If you're going to use pepper-spray then get an effective pepper-spray canister.

If you're going to get a gun, buy one that shoots bullets.

That thing has no effective purpose IMO...

Here's a youtube video of them "testing". Wow and they start @ 349.00. 

 

My answer is NO! When your life is on the line, you are dependent on a paintball gun?  When the PoPo pulls up, looks like a real handgun, you get shot!

Picture an intruder in your house and you pull your paintball gun! Intruder pulls out non paintball gun! End of story!

14 minutes ago, Dave Archibald said:

My answer is NO! When your life is on the line, you are dependent on a paintball gun?  When the PoPo pulls up, looks like a real handgun, you get shot!

Picture an intruder in your house and you pull your paintball gun! Intruder pulls out non paintball gun! End of story!

I agree however I thought this was more of an EDC question not defending yourself in the home which is why I said knife. 

1 hour ago, CF1782 said:

I agree however I thought this was more of an EDC question not defending yourself in the home which is why I said knife. 

Actually it was an "is this legal" non question. A friend of mine sent me the link and asked me. I had no idea so I posted it. Being NJ I thought it might be a no since everything is here.  I agree, it's not something I would rely on.

In a situation where you have to fight for your life, you want to stop the threat as quickly and decisively as possible, not irritate and annoy the threat by causing mild to moderate discomfort.  

The pepper spray gun that has a price tag similar to a firearm! 

Does the 3/4 ounce New Jersey rule apply?