I think all non-lethal weapons had the name changed to less than lethal about 5-10 years ago.
Turns out if you shoot a rubber bullet at someone’s head and it kills them, the weapon manufacturer can be open to liability. So now it’s less than lethal.
Less lethal, not less than. TASER wound up in a big lawsuit after a guy died from cardiac arrest being hit by one, so most manufacturers changed it to “less than”, but then a couple more people died from being hit with beanbag/baton/rubber rounds, so now they’re marketed as “less lethal” because legally they can’t say “this can’t kill people” in their marketing when it absolutely can.
Princess Bride beat them to the punch decades ago. The suspect was rendered only mostly dead when long-distance kinetic interaction was applied in an officer-involved pacification tool activation.
Sorry I might not be up-to-date with the fash parlance, but is ‘less lethal’ some sort of official nomenclature?
“It’s OK you’re not quite dead, it was a less lethal bullet to your head, ahah. OwO”
I am amazed by the times.
I think all non-lethal weapons had the name changed to less than lethal about 5-10 years ago.
Turns out if you shoot a rubber bullet at someone’s head and it kills them, the weapon manufacturer can be open to liability. So now it’s less than lethal.
Less lethal, not less than. TASER wound up in a big lawsuit after a guy died from cardiac arrest being hit by one, so most manufacturers changed it to “less than”, but then a couple more people died from being hit with beanbag/baton/rubber rounds, so now they’re marketed as “less lethal” because legally they can’t say “this can’t kill people” in their marketing when it absolutely can.
Princess Bride beat them to the punch decades ago. The suspect was rendered only mostly dead when long-distance kinetic interaction was applied in an officer-involved pacification tool activation.
They used to call it “non-lethal” which was a copaganda lie. After being called out they changed their words instead of their behavior.