People have a good reason to be afraid of tear gas, considering it's a banned agent of war under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention. Here's the catch - there's a clause in the treaty that includes an exception for domestic use. Yes, it's illegal for the U.S. military to use tear gas against ISIS, but cool to use against American citizens.

Somehow the government has convinced the American people that using tear gas is perfectly harmless, despite stark evidence to the contrary.

As the world's leading military and arms supplier, the U.S. is also the biggest producer of less than lethal weaponry.

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