It swells the eyes shut and makes it difficult to breathe. Medical studies show it can cause asthmatics to convulse and die. Pepper spray, some claim, can stop a grizzly bear better than a bullet. Medical researchers John and Hazel Coleridge, emeritus professors at the University of California at San Francisco, have shown in animal studies that one of the active ingredients in pepper spray can stop the heart for five to 10 seconds. Oxygen levels in the body drop.
Arterial pressure drops.
Mucus fills the lungs. The heart goes haywire. Pepper spray has been implicated in the deaths of at least 31 people in California since January 1993, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California. Lynne Wilson of N-COPA claims that at least 60 people in the United States have died because of the spray. Since I'm employed, my personal opinion is also my professional opinion.