I do not carry non-lethal weapons.
If I make the wrong choice and the non-lethal option fails to stop the threat, then I'm injured or dead.
If I make the right choice, and lethal does stop the threat, then you have to deal with a DA, or family, or both that says you didn't have to shoot him, why didn't you pepper spray him?
Cops have a non-lethal options, but that comes with their job, it is part of their job.
- I do not pursue bad guys, cops do.
- I do not have backup coming with lights and sirens, cops do.
- I do not have body armor, cops do.
- I do not advance toward trouble, cops do.