I'm working on starting a business selling pepper spray, and I'd like to know if I'm allowed to accept payments via Paypal. The policy says that I'm not allowed to use Paypal to accept payment for products that:
"relate to transactions involving (a) narcotics, steroids, certain controlled substances or other products that present a risk to consumer safety, (b) drug paraphernalia, (c) items that encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to engage in illegal activity, (d) stolen goods including digital and virtual goods (e) items that promote hate, violence, racial intolerance, or the financial exploitation of a crime, (f) items that are considered obscene, (g) items that infringe or violate any copyright, trademark, right of publicity or privacy or any other proprietary right under the laws of any jurisdiction, (h) certain sexually oriented materials or services, (i) ammunition, firearms, or certain firearm parts or accessories, or (j) ,certain weapons or knives regulated under applicable law."
The pepper spray is legal where I live (I was planning to sell it offline to local stores, at 50% below local retail prices), but cannot legally be sold to minors. Would that qualify as "regulated?"
Also, I'm not sure if it would "present a risk to consumer safety" or not. It is supposed to protect the user, but it's technically possible to use it in a less than ethical manner. I would assume that "consumer" refers to the customer, in which case this would not be an issue, but I'm not much of a lawyer. I'd like clarification on this.
