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Title: Irritant Gasses
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editor: The Pyromaniac
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There are several eye and nose irritants on the market which can be easily
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duplicated. A good irritant is formaldehyde. Better known as embalming fluid, it
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smells horrible, hurts the eyes and nose, and upon exposure to the air it
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vaporizes, making a room uninhabitable for hours. It can be squirted from a
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water pistol or nasal inhaler, poured on the floor or vaporized by a bomb.
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Formaldehyde can be bought at the drug store under the pretext of wanting it to
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preserve mice or other lab specimens.
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The irritant mailmen use against dogs and which is sold widely for self
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defense is oleoresid capsicum. Capsicum is the hot essence of red peppers.
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Oleoresin is the process for extracting it. To extract the Capsicum, grind up
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four ounces of red pepper seeds in a blender or with a mortar and pestle. Red
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pepper seeds are bought in the grocers's. The dry, ground seeds are then put
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into a coffee percolator in which there is about 16 ounces of alcohol,
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preferably with the water distilled out. The seeds are then percolated for about
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a half hour. The alcohol is then distilled off until there are only a couple of
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table spoons of red liquid left in the flask. The red liquid is then added to a
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half pint of light mineral oil, bought at a drug store.
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These can be sprayed from a nasal spray or another good way is with a window
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cleaning sprayer bought at any dime store. The tube of the sprayer is cut to fit
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in a two ounce medicine bottle. This way you have enough of the goody to last
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through a whole demonstration, no matter which side you're on. It is also nice
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to keep by the door to repel intruders. Before using, the container should be
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given a few shakes. Under laboratory conditions all the oil is extracted from
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the seeds. But with my Mickey Mouse method a lot of oil is left in so the
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residue is quite potent. Just be sure you strain out any larger bits so the
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sprayer hole is not clogged.
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The ground seeds left in the percolator are dried and saved. They are great
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for throwing into the faces of people in a mob. If you really want a laugh,
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throw some broadcast from a theater balcony during the death scene in "Love
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Story".
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The goody called MACE is probably only acrolein. If not, it works just as
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well as MACE and is simple and fun to produce. It is the same product as
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described on pages 104 through 106 of the ANARCHIST COOKBOOK. Mine however,
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is broken down and simplified.
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Acrolein is not toxic but causes horrible pain in the nose and copious tears,
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and irritates the skin. A shot in the face from a water pistol or some other
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sprayer will put anyone out of the game for at least half an hour. Acrolein is
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best made an ounce at a time. Put in the flask 2 1/2 ounces of glycerine and 3/4
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ounce of sodium bisulfate (Sani-Flush), both of which can be bought at any
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grocery store. The still is set up with the outside tube connected as the fumes
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are bad. Then the mixture starts to bubble it must be watched constantly to make
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sure it does not bubble up into the neck of the flask. If it starts for the neck
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of the flask, remove the lamp until it settles down. If the lamp is too hot, the
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tin can is raised on small blocks until the right heat is obtained. Distill off
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an ounce of acrolein and take away the lamp. An ounce is all this size batch is
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good for. Let the flask cool for an hour before opening and cleaning. Pour the
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residue down the sink and put your face over the drain to get a sample of the
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vapor. Then cap the receiving bottle and wash everything the acrolein was in
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contact with.
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The best squirter for the three irritants above is a water pistol. Most water
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pistols leak badly so they must be transported barrel up so the goody won't ooze
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out around the trigger. It will leak when you use it so it is best to put in a
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plastic sandwhich bag with the opening held around the barrel with a rubber
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band. If the pistol has a trigger guard it should be cut off and then it can be
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used just as easily in a plastic bag as otherwise.
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