| Many people become particularly concerned with their | | | | ingredients. |
| personal safety when they are planning a trip | | | | When traveling by air, there are restrictions on traveling |
| overseas. How do you keep yourself safe in an area | | | | with disabling chemicals or devices. There are specific |
| where you don't speak the local language or | | | | rules stating that pepper spray cannot be carried on |
| understand the local customs? How can you make | | | | your person or in your carryon luggage while on the |
| sure you won't be taken advantage of while traveling? | | | | plane. However, your checked baggage can include |
| Many travelers consider pepper spray an effective | | | | canisters up to four ounces in size. Most pepper spray |
| option for personal protection while away from home. | | | | canisters designed to be carried on a keychain or in a |
| While this is a very popular method of self defense | | | | pocket or purse come in under this limit, so this should |
| here in the United States, you may worry that you'll be | | | | not be a problem. However, larger canisters such as |
| stopped by airport security if you try to take your self | | | | those designed for home use tend to be too large to |
| defense spray with you onto the plane. Although your | | | | legally pack in your suitcase. |
| fears are certainly for good reason, as airline | | | | When traveling with pepper spray, even with canisters |
| restrictions do place limitations on what you can bring | | | | under the 4 ounce limit, be sure to tell the airline that |
| on the plane with you, with proper planning you should | | | | you have the canister when you check in your |
| be able to bring your spray to most destinations. | | | | luggage at the baggage counter. They are legally |
| In most areas of the United States, pepper spray is | | | | required to inspect the canister to make sure that |
| legal to carry and use for personal protection. | | | | there is a locking device. Otherwise, your pepper spray |
| However, transporting it over state lines can be a little | | | | could accidentally discharge while inside your suitcase |
| tricky if you are traveling by plane. This can become | | | | in the plane. Be sure to keep the pepper spray |
| even more difficult if you plan to travel out of the | | | | canister in a convenient location before checking your |
| country with your self defense spray, though it's | | | | baggage so that you don't have to dig through your |
| certainly not impossible. | | | | suitcase at the counter. |
| Your first step is to find out the local laws regarding | | | | Do not try to conceal a canister of pepper spray in |
| self defense spray at your destination. There may be | | | | your purse or pocket. Even if it's small enough to do |
| specific limitations on the carrying of it in specific states | | | | so, remember that you will need to pass through a |
| or cities, or even into particular types of locations. If | | | | metal detector prior to boarding the plane. Always alert |
| you cannot legally carry the spray at your destination, | | | | the airline if you have packed pepper spray into your |
| don't bother packing it. It's also important to make sure | | | | bag. If you try to get through security with pepper |
| that the canister you plan to bring meets all local | | | | spray in your luggage, it will probably be confiscated. |
| regulations. Some areas restrict the canister size or | | | | |