From the article:
“Officials at the St. Louis County Police Department responded to the story saying it’s better to use items for their intended purpose and added it’s against federal law to use wasp spray for purposes other than what’s listed on the can.”
Can you believe that?? So, I’m being attacked and use wasp spray and the attacker leaves me alone, but a FEDERAL officer arrests me and sends me to Federal Jail. Good Grief! I live in Texas and they don’t care if I kill the sucker any way I want. Screw the Feds.
The key is to assert that you didn’t plan/intend to misuse the product, only in panic you grabbed the closest thing to hand...
(And you only had it close by because you are deathly afraid of/allergic to wasps!)