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Your statement is based on the assumption that I am an idiot and I find that offensive. Of course if there were non-lethal alternatives then they would be more popular for home defense
Mace doesn't drop someone to the floor, tasers hurt like fuck but only drop someone 10% (usually not adrenaline and crack fueled nutcases) of the time, cannot penetrate hardenned leather armour (as thick as a belt) and cannot be heard from 500 metres across the entire neighbourhood. It is also larger and more clumsy to operate than the best snub nose or medium size handguns. You also forget that if someone is violating someone's liberties it doesn't matter if they die or not, as long as the victim's liberties are not violated to any greater extent. This is called justice.