Why? Is there some law in Texas that could get me in trouble for using non-lethal instead of lethal force or are you talking about the potential for bodily harm if I chose to incapacitate instead of kill? If it's the latter then I'm not sure I agree. I don't believe that every altercation you can't get out of should always end in gunfire... at least not from my experience. When someone approached my wife and me in California it was pretty clear that it was a misunderstanding. He thought my wife's car had scraped his earlier and he was distraught. My wife was pregnant at the time and as he approached I alerted him to that fact but he kept coming. He had no weapon, was about my weight though a little taller but I didn't want to risk a scuffle that might endanger my wife. I sprayed him when it was obvious there was no defusing the situation. It worked like a charm and our neighbors saw the whole thing. His demeanor changed instantly after the spraying and when the effects wore off I showed him my wife's car to see that there was no damage that would indicate she had hit his vehicle.
He apologized and explained that he was distraught because that had been the second time it happened to his car in three months. That was the end of it. Granted, in California that was our only option since conceal carry licenses are nearly impossible to obtain. Old habits die hard and as I said earlier pepper spray has worked for me in the past as a non-lethal option. Again, if its use could land me in legal trouble in Texas then that's a different story altogether...
