• Mirshe@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    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.