“Taser, bean-bag gun, rubber bullets — there are lots of non-lethal options.”
Pretty dumb, freedumb.
Non-lethal often is lethat. Or it is non-effective.
The police think it is not longer their responsibility to protect the citizens, just show up and make some reports, lecture the citizens not to protect themselves, and to count the bodies. I carry and will perform the protection myself and then the police can show up and make some reports, lecture the bystanders about not participating in crime and count the bodies.