“People came over to help and got me on the curb. A medic was called, who cut off my clothes. In my leg was what felt like a five centimeter hole with muscle hanging out of it and blood all down my leg. The medic put a tourniquet on it, and a journalist I was with took me to ER.”
This is America.
Less than lethal or Less lethal. It’s not non lethal because they can still kill you
It’s not “less than lethal.” It’s “less lethal.” Less-than implies they’re not lethal, when they are. Even a taser or tear gas is lethal. See: the numerous people who’ve been shocked into cardiac episodes, or people getting burned / caught in fires.
“Less lethal”. Still lethal.
Well, I did say “less than lethal or less lethal”