American Companies Profiting From Tear Gas

By Douglas A. McIntyre Published Aug 18, 7:05AM EDT

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them.

Whether tear gas is used in Egypt or on the streets of Ferguson, Mo., most companies that make it are headquartered in the United States. Business, for the time being, must be booming.

Among the largest manufacturers of tear gas are Defense Technologies of Jacksonville, Fla.; Combined Systems of Jamestown, Pa.; and NonLethal Technologies of Homer, Pa. Two have arsenals of urban weapons that go well beyond tear gas to handcuffs and body armor. They offer one-stop shopping for the local police force, although some of the weapons get used overseas.

Defense Technologies has the broadest set to weapons, which extends from gas to rubber bullets, to gas guns and products that will knock down heavy doors, to coffee mugs.

It describes it chemical weapons:

When crowd resistance elevates, our chemical grenades and projectiles offer maximum coverage both indoor and outdoor. Choices like OC, CN, CS and Smoke in various carriers such as pyrotechnics, powders or liquids provide hand-thrown or launched alternatives for all urban and correctional disturbances.

And other gases:

Defense Technology offers a complete line of aerosol projectors for duty issue or specialized assignment including OC, chemical or blended formulations in either stream, fog or foam delivery systems.

Not to be outdone by its competition, Combined Systems makes:

Aerosol projectors and accessories for patrol, tactical, crowd management and correctional officers. CTS Defense Aerosols are first options in spontaneous confrontations and non-compliant individuals encountered during patrol and correctional duty. CTS produces a variety of formulations, unit sizes and delivery methods.

And:

CTS produces a full line of chemical irritant and smoke munitions. The comprehensive line includes grenades, 12gauge, 37mm and 40mm projectiles. These less-lethal options address a wide range of scenarios from assisting tactical teams in displacing or detecting barricaded subjects to aiding riot control units charged with maintaining order in public or correctional environments.

Finally, from NonLethal Technologies:

NonLethal Technologies manufactures a wide range of non-lethal riot and crowd control equipment for military and law enforcement applications. Our product range includes smoke grenades and projectiles, CS and CN irritant smoke grenades and projectiles, impact munitions, defensive aerosol sprays, specialty munitions, and other crowd management and pyrotechnic devices. NLT strives to provide the law enforcement and military with a wide spectrum of products to meet their tactical and crowd management needs. Our companies’ capabilities include all aspects of product design and development, with an experienced staff to assist in choosing or developing the most effective product for the situation. NonLethal Technologies provides a full range of products to allow the most effective level of force to be used for various situations.

More proof that American is the arsenal of democracy.

DISCLOSURE:

Customer must fund their Active Invest account with at least $50 within 45 days of opening the account. Receive a minimum of $15. Probability of member receiving $3,000 is a probability of 0.026% If you don’t make a selection in 45 days, you’ll no longer qualify for the promo. Percentages for the $3,000 are subject to decrease. See full terms and conditions.

INVESTMENTS ARE NOT FDIC INSURED • ARE NOT BANK GUARANTEED • MAY LOSE VALUE Brokerage and Active investing products offered through SoFi Securities LLC, member FINRA(www.finra.org)/SIPC(www.sipc.org). Advisory services are offered by SoFi Wealth LLC, an SEC-registered investment adviser. Information about SoFi Wealth’s advisory operations, services, and fees is set forth in SoFi Wealth’s current Form ADV Part 2 (Brochure), a copy of which is available upon request and at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. Probability of Member receiving $1,000 is a probability of 0.026%; If you don’t make a selection in 30 days, you’ll no longer qualify for the promo. Customer must fund their account with a minimum of $50.00 to qualify. Other fees, such as exchange fees, may apply. Please view our fee disclosure to view a full listing of fees. Investing in alternative investments and/or strategies may not be suitable for all investors and involves unique risks, including the risk of loss. An investor should consider their individual circumstances and any investment information, such as a prospectus, prior to investing. Interval Funds are illiquid instruments, the ability to trade on your timeline may be restricted. Brokerage and Active investing products offered through SoFi Securities LLC, Member FINRA(www.finra.org) /SIPC(www.sipc.org). There are limitations with fractional shares to consider before investing. During market hours fractional share orders are transmitted immediately in the order received. There may be system delays from receipt of your order until execution and market conditions may adversely impact execution prices. Outside of market hours orders are received on a not held basis and will be aggregated for each security then executed in the morning trade window of the next business day at market open. Share will be delivered at an average price received for executing the securities through a single batched order. Fractional shares may not be transferred to another firm. Fractional shares will be sold when a transfer or closure request is initiated. Please consider that selling securities is a taxable event. Options involve risks, including substantial risk of loss and the possibility an investor may lose the entire investment Before trading options please review the Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options Investing in an Initial Public Offering (IPO) involves substantial risk, including the risk of loss. Further, there are a variety of risk factors to consider when investing in an IPO, including but not limited to, unproven management, significant debt, and lack of operating history. For a comprehensive discussion of these risks please refer to SoFi Securities’ IPO Risk Disclosure Statement This should not be considered a recommendation to participate in IPOs and investors should carefully read the offering prospectus to determine whether an offering is consistent with their investment objectives, risk tolerance, and financial situation. New offerings generally have high demand and there are a limited number of shares available for distribution to participants. Many customers may not be allocated shares and share allocations may be significantly smaller than the shares requested in the customer’s initial offer (Indication of Interest). For more information on the allocation process please visit IPO Allocation.

Follow 24/7 Wall St. on Google

About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.