[Jim Noble]

This may be a stupid question, but the article said illegal possession of pepper spray? When did pepper spray become illegal?

You need a weapons permit in Massachusetts to possess pepper spray.

What's the big picture here?

When I was a kid, if you cheesed off the wrong grownup you could get in trouble, maybe even knocked around a little.

Now, if you cheese off the wrong grownup, the grownup gets arrested.

This is not progress.

[EmilyGeiger]

All that for pepper spray? Hmm..you live in the wrong state.

[macrahanish #1]

One of the most memorable days of my youth occured when we threw a plastic easter egg filled with water at a utility company truck.
The dude stopped and devoted about two hours of his time to trying to nab us.
It was really fun.

[Sloth]

When I was a kid, if you cheesed off the wrong grownup you could get in trouble, maybe even knocked around a little.

Now, if you cheese off the wrong grownup, the grownup gets arrested.

This is not progress.

So the guy who just wanted her to move her improperly parked car got what was coming to him, I guess?