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# Santa Monica No pepper, no problem
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/santa-monica-no-pepper-no-problem-editor/
- Published: 2007-03-23T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:17:23.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless

*By Barry C. Lawrence Santa Monica*

I could care less if this person in the pepper-spray incident was homeless or landed Gentry (“Peppery air,” March 2), I don’t think a security guard at Vons has any business using pepper spray in a grocery store! It is simply unhealthy for anyone, and especially dangerous to children and senior citizens, which I understand this man is, to have to breathe pepper spray. I think I will shop elsewhere.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 23, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/032307.pdf?ref=smdp.com)