Today law enforcement agencies throughout the United States use non-lethal weapons on the job. Less-than-lethal weapons are defined as," technological devices to stop and disable armed, dangerous, and violent subjects without resorting to the use of firearms."(Demsey) Non-lethal weapons have mainly been used in on-the-street confrontations like, hostage rescues, prison riots, suicide interventions and civil disturbances. These less-than-lethal weapons have been used the most when lesser force can suppress the aggressor, when lethal force …showed first 75 words of 1199 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1199 total…on between companies, so who is going to be the first to produce a weapon that can handle almost anything? What kind of futuristic weapon can be both deadly and non-lethal with a flip of a switch? I am totally for the use of non-lethal weapons, and I can't see why there is such a legal matter that needs to be dealt with first. If there is an alternative to lethal force, try it first.