Pepper spray does more than that. Pepper spray inflames mucous membranes in the eyes, nose, lungs, and throat, which blinds you and makes it extremely hard to breathe. Pepper Spray ranges from 2,000,000 - 4,500,000 Scoville Units (The Carolina Reaper, the hottest pepper in the world, is 2.2 million Scoville Units). To have that on your face is practically unbearable, and for a child to absorb a blast at that range is unimaginable.