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I feel it's a valid question that for some reason people aren't answering.
If you had the option of having a firearm on your person when someone starts shooting people, would you take it?
In the event that you are in public and someone is shooting people, and there is a loaded functioning firearm within your reach, would you use it?
Is there a situation where you would choose to not defend yourself or others if the appropriate methods of self-defense were available to you?
Yes, to all three questions, depending on the particular circumstances of the incident and my assessment of what action was appropriate in that situation, both for my own safety and the safety of others.
Quote: Is there a situation where you would choose to not defend yourself...
Only if I was sure I could extricate myself from the situation without having to confront the threat. The only 100% sure way of surviving a gunfight is not to get in one in the first place.