

Ban Manufacture of Tear Gas in PA
The Issue
Ban the manufacture of tear gas in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania is the tear gas capital of the world. Two of the three US manufacturers of tear gas are in PA and the third has offices and training centers in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. End this cruel legacy and cut the problem off at its source, now.
Tear gas is banned under the Geneva Protocol and even though the US withdrew from the ICC which makes international use of tear gas a war crime; Pennsylvania does not have to be complicit. Stand up against the use of tear gas domestically and worldwide by not making it in PA!
Combined Systems Inc.(CSI) aka Combined Tactical Systems (CTS) manufactures tear gas in Jamestown, PA
https://www.combinedsystems.com/
Nonlethal Systems (NLT) in manufactures tear gas in Homer City, PA
http://nonlethaltechnologies.com/
This particular manufacturer also has a history of OSHA and labor violations (not to mention the factory has burned and/or exploded several times).
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosalindadams/tear-gas-hong-kong-made-in-usa
https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/establishment.inspection_detail?id=532598.015
We must not be complicit in killing, maiming, and terrorizing protesters around the globe. It doesn't take long for people of any political lean to see that tear gas is not a non-lethal solution.
https://www.foxnews.com/health/tear-gas-projectile-can-pose-serious-injury-experts-say
https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/10/27/iraq-protesters-killed-teargas-canisters
https://nypost.com/2020/06/01/protester-loses-eye-after-being-struck-by-police-tear-gas-canister/
Gov. Tom Wolf
Office of the Governor
508 Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120
717-787-2500
(Nonlethal Systems is in Indiana County)
PA Rep Jim Struzzi
Hon. James B. Struzzi II
147B East Wing
House PO Box 202062
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2062
(717) 705-7173
Fax: (717) 705-1947
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550 Philadelphia Street
Indiana, PA 15701-3900
724-465-0220
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Senator Joe Pittman
Senate Box 203041
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3041
Room: 281 Main Capitol
(717) 787-8724
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618 Philadelphia Street
Indiana, PA 15701
(724) 357-0151
FAX: (724) 357-0148
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(Combined Systems is in Mercer County)
Hon. Parke Wentling
162A East Wing
PO Box 202017
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2017
(717) 783-5008
(855) 249-2427
Fax: (717) 705-1948
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395 High Street
P.O. Box 17
Conneaut Lake, PA 16316
(814) 382-7200
Fax: (814) 382-7203
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Senator Michele Brooks
Senate Box 203050
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3050
Room: 168 Main Capitol
(717) 787-1322
FAX: (717) 772-0577
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100 Hadley Road
Suite 9
Greenville, PA 16125
(724) 588-8911

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The Issue
Ban the manufacture of tear gas in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania is the tear gas capital of the world. Two of the three US manufacturers of tear gas are in PA and the third has offices and training centers in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. End this cruel legacy and cut the problem off at its source, now.
Tear gas is banned under the Geneva Protocol and even though the US withdrew from the ICC which makes international use of tear gas a war crime; Pennsylvania does not have to be complicit. Stand up against the use of tear gas domestically and worldwide by not making it in PA!
Combined Systems Inc.(CSI) aka Combined Tactical Systems (CTS) manufactures tear gas in Jamestown, PA
https://www.combinedsystems.com/
Nonlethal Systems (NLT) in manufactures tear gas in Homer City, PA
http://nonlethaltechnologies.com/
This particular manufacturer also has a history of OSHA and labor violations (not to mention the factory has burned and/or exploded several times).
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosalindadams/tear-gas-hong-kong-made-in-usa
https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/establishment.inspection_detail?id=532598.015
We must not be complicit in killing, maiming, and terrorizing protesters around the globe. It doesn't take long for people of any political lean to see that tear gas is not a non-lethal solution.
https://www.foxnews.com/health/tear-gas-projectile-can-pose-serious-injury-experts-say
https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/10/27/iraq-protesters-killed-teargas-canisters
https://nypost.com/2020/06/01/protester-loses-eye-after-being-struck-by-police-tear-gas-canister/
Gov. Tom Wolf
Office of the Governor
508 Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120
717-787-2500
(Nonlethal Systems is in Indiana County)
PA Rep Jim Struzzi
Hon. James B. Struzzi II
147B East Wing
House PO Box 202062
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2062
(717) 705-7173
Fax: (717) 705-1947
---
550 Philadelphia Street
Indiana, PA 15701-3900
724-465-0220
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Senator Joe Pittman
Senate Box 203041
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3041
Room: 281 Main Capitol
(717) 787-8724
---
618 Philadelphia Street
Indiana, PA 15701
(724) 357-0151
FAX: (724) 357-0148
_______________
(Combined Systems is in Mercer County)
Hon. Parke Wentling
162A East Wing
PO Box 202017
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2017
(717) 783-5008
(855) 249-2427
Fax: (717) 705-1948
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395 High Street
P.O. Box 17
Conneaut Lake, PA 16316
(814) 382-7200
Fax: (814) 382-7203
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Senator Michele Brooks
Senate Box 203050
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3050
Room: 168 Main Capitol
(717) 787-1322
FAX: (717) 772-0577
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100 Hadley Road
Suite 9
Greenville, PA 16125
(724) 588-8911

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Petition created on June 8, 2020
