Originally Posted by willravel

There's no such thing as a 'bad guy'. There are people. If someone is swinging a 6 inch knife at your chest, you can stand still, fight, run, or you can shoot him. Those are your choices. What if, in yet another in the long line of hypothetical situations, there is an unknown accompliace with a gun? If you fight back, he's less likey to shoot to avoid friendly fire. If you run, you're not as much of a threat, AND you're a moving target. If you open fire, he shoots you and you die. 2 people die when no one needed to die. Stop trying to dodge the responsibility of owning and intending to use a gun, and stop pretending it's your only defence.