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Tear gas is non-lethal in most situations. It is made to force people out of closed areas. Tear gas is legal for police and national guard use.

Nerve gas is lethal or crippling in most situations. It is made to disable and kill those who breathe it. Nerve gas is banned by the Geneva Convention and a large number of other treaties. Nerve gas cannot be used by the military, national guard, or police.

There have been several documented cases of uses of nerve gas outside the USA.

The Soviet Union used nerve gas in Afghanistan.

Iran and Iraq both used nerve gas in the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s. Both countries also used nerve gas against ethnic groups in rebellion (Kurds, Azerbajanis).

A terrorist attack on the Japan subway system used nerve gas.

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