content: And she'd deserve it. Though mace is a less-than-lethal weapon, it's potentially deadly for people who have certain health conditions, and should only ever be used in self defense. Smugly walking up to someone who was clearly trying to defuse a situation, spraying the back of his head, and then making him turn around so you could spray his face is violent assault. Whatever threat happened before had passed, and this was an act of aggression, plain and simple.