Disarming InterventionNon lethal weapons take many forms from rubber bullets to electroshock and long range acoustic devices which their proponents argue are ethical, legal, and humane. Social scientists, historians, legal scholars, and activists have long challenged the use of non lethal weapons in policing and war. Until now, little scholarly attention has been paid to the social, historical, and legal relations that animate the concept of non lethality, nor is there a