The Truth About Tear Gas (1970)
Why CS is Better
By Lake Erie Chemical
A Smith & Wesson Company
Law enforcement agencies throughout the U.S. are building up their stocks of tear gas and training in its use. Police officers are following advice like that in the FBI’s riot control manual, which concludes that chemical agents are the most effective, humane means of temporarily neutralizing a mob, while minimizing personal injury.
But many are wondering which kind of agent to get. The older CN Tear gas? Or the more powerful irritant agent, CS?
The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders has indicated in its report that CS has been found by the military to be considerably more effective and safer than CN. The Commission has expressed an opinion that the only currently available alternative to using CS is applying potentially lethal force, and has strongly recommended the use of CS before rifles or bayonets.
Although Lake Erie makes both agents, we recommend CS.
The first dose does it.
Simply stated … CS is the most apt to stop a riot so it can’t restart! Though all rioters will run out of a cloud of either agent, the big difference is this …
After 10 minutes or so of recovery in fresh air, determined rioters may have forgotten the effects of CN to the point where they’re ready to start trouble again, a block or two away. But if they’ve had a dose of CS, they’re through for the day. (And maybe for the year.) CS has extremely sobering effects on a lawbreaker, including burning sensations and the feeling he can’t breathe. These, added to the tears, are so psychologically demoralizing, even in memory, that wild horses couldn’t drag him back.
Another point: CS grenades, properly used, are almost impossible to throw back. It would be difficult to find even a fanatic with the nerve to pick one up, without a mask.
Yet, according to a large body of impressive evidence, CS has proven extremely safe. More and more police departments are switching from CN to CS. And in our experience, not one has wanted to switch back.
Want more evidence?
Send for an authoritative article on the subject, which we have reprinted with the permission of ORDNANCE magazine.
And let us know what you need.
Lake Erie Chemical has been the leader in CS, the first to introduce it to commercial markets in the U. S. in 1962. We continue to offer either CS or CN in all Lake Erie grenades and projectiles. Your Lake Erie distributor will take fast action to supply your needs.
Help with more than tear gas.
Lake Erie Chemical is a member of Smith & Wesson’s growing Law Enforcement Group, manufacturers whose aims and products all share one characteristic: dedication to the professionalism of the American police officer and to the protection of the public he serves.
The group now includes, in addition to Smith & Wesson and Lake Erie: General Ordnance Equipment Corp. (CHEMICAL MACEO): Stephenson Co. (Speed a lyzer radar, BREATHALYZERO, Minuteman resuscitators); and Dominator Company (electronic sirens, radar).
Contact your Lake Erie Distributor.
And for reprints of this advertisement, the article mentioned above, or our catalog . . . Write to Lake Erie Chemical Division, Smith & Wesson, Rock Creek, Ohio 44084.
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