Byrna Technologies aims to provide a non-lethal alternative for self-defense as shootings continue to rise in the U.S.

Tear gas, rubber bullets and pepper balls have played a key role in agents’ attempts to quell protests — but what are they, and what can they do?

PHOENIX — Students, faculty, staff and visitors are a step closer to being able to carry some kinds of weapons on the campuses of public colleges and universities in Arizona. House Bill 2172, approved ...

Military leaders have ordered the National Guard in every state to develop a “quick reaction force” of troops trained to deal with civil disturbances and riots that can be ready to deploy ...

An Aurora woman said her car was hit with pepper-spray projectiles in a parking lot outside a grocery store on Aurora’s East Side during a federal immigration enforcement incident.

More than 24 hours of peaceful protest outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Durango ...

SAGINAW, MI — With a prison sentence looming for shooting a woman in her posterior at a gas station, a Saginaw woman opted to skip her sentencing. She spent her last few years on the lam, allegedly ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Federal officers are firing so much tear gas at protesters outside an ICE facility in ...

Allowing people to buy pepper spray is better than having them carry oven cleaner, wasp spray or screwdrivers for self-protection, says a firearms dealer licensed to sell the eye irritant. The use of ...

A Baltimore man was sentenced to a 15-year prison term Friday after a judge found him guilty of assault in two attacks this summer following a confrontation over his “Trump-Vance” sign. Baltimore ...

SANDPOINT — Born and raised in Sandpoint, JD McElroy had an idea that would offer individuals another option in terms of home defense and personal protection. A unique pepper spray attachment for ...

CARO, Mich. (WNEM) – A school evacuated, several in need of medical treatment. The Tuscola County Sheriff’s office is apologizing and taking full responsibility after students and staff in Caro became ...