“That’s because you dont know the ABCD of encounters.”
I know that opponents in a confrontation may each say “As a high ranked martial artist and a fan of handguns it’s up to me to decide where the confrontation goes” and that both won’t be able to implement a decision unless they come to the same decision...to disengage.
I know that even if one or the other is wrong in what he says he may still thwart the decisions of the other.
I also know that sometimes an angel (or a demon) will blow the powder from the pan of your firelock.
Two Samurai met one early morning for a pre-arranged duel. They stood upon a bridge at sunrise in their full regalia, squared off to each other then stared at each other until sundown, at which time they disengaged and both went back to their camps. Back at camp the trainee of the Samurai asked “master, why did you not draw your blade?” The Master replied “there was no opening.”
If the shooter and the Husband were masters and in control of themselves there would have been no fight.