Kike York has the most fucked up laws. It's legal to use it but a pain in the ass to buy it. https://www.stunster.com/blog/new-yorks-confusing-pepper-spray-laws-legal-to-use-hard-to-buy/ I remember some story (trying to find it) about a woman who ended up pepper spraying some wanna be rapist and she went to jail for possessing pepper spray.