Pepper Spray Dangers

Re “Pepper Spray to Go on Sale to Public by Next March,” Sept. 16: Pepper spray is just as effective in the hands of the criminals as it is in the hands of the people trying to protect themselves from the criminals.

I think what is created here is a two-headed snake.

JOHNNY CATRON, Pomona

If there’s a training requirement prior to the purchase of the (usually) non-lethal pepper spray, it seems that there should be, at the very least, a minimum training requirement prior to the purchase of the very lethal gun.

MARIAN SUNABE, Alhambra