Agree 100%. File "less lethal" with are the rest of the "warning shot" and "shoot to wound" bullshit.
I know you know this, but here's how it works. A dead person cannot hurt you anymore. A person who is
not dead
can hurt you. Your "shoot to wound" may just graze him. People on substances, or even a psychotic or just someone who is very, very determined to do you harm, isn't necessarily going to be stopped by a flesh wound or even a non-lethal shot somewhere in their torso. And in a home invasion situation, you don't have the luxury of being able to say "oh, they haven't come here to
kill me, they just want to take my stuff, or terrorize me, or what have you, so it's okay, I'll let them live".
I once asked an anti-gun person, "if someone comes to your home in the dead of night, and gains entry with harmful intent, even unto killing you, do you just say to yourself that this is your time to die?", and they said "yes".
What a way to live. Yet in countries where you cannot keep arms to defend yourself, that's precisely how
everyone lives. No thank you.
I would hope that in the Social Reign of Christ the King, people would have this right, for even then, not all people would be good people.