Right out of the gun grabbers handbook. The inmates are running the asylum.
In fact, in America this would have been justification for the girls to use the pepperspray on their assailants since no real cop would dare do this without some sort of justification.
What the h-ll are the Brits thinking?If words still have any meaning then a firearm is a weapon that BURNS a propellant to fire a projectile.A can of pepper spray being classed as a firearm is just silly.Maybe these dolts can completely expose themselves by classing a beer bottle as a firearm.