Absolutely. Besides not wanting to arbitrarily kill innocent people. Even then, some who are not innocent don't warrant getting killed. I have a nephew, when he was 12 fell in with the wrong crowd. Older teens talked him into sneaking through a garage window to open the door for them to burglarize the garage. Lights come on, and he's staring at the business end of the owner's revolver. Owner tells him to sit on the concrete floor, and owner calls the police. Nephew did some time in juvenile lockup. Went straight after that, never any more trouble and is now in his late twenties married with two kids. That owner didn't automatically fire at my nephew, otherwise my sister would've cried over a loss of her 12-year-old son.
I've had guns shoved in my face, and am glad I wasn't shot. One time me and my girlfriend are parked, and some drunk black guy banged hard into my car while trying to park behind me. I jumped out, grabbed his neck by the collar giving him the 3rd degree. Was about to deck him when his black girlfriend yells at me to let him go, she's standing six feet away pointing a revolver at my head, and her hands were shaking… a lot. Let go of the guy, told her we're cool and I'm leaving. Next day, I parked across the street. Black gal comes up to me asking how I'm doing, and we had a friendly chat, all's fine. Sometimes people make mistakes and shoot others in the heat of the moment. Other times people choose their targets wisely and defuse the situation. Congrats to you for being wise.
Did you two remain friends afterwards?
That is nice she opted not to shoot you despite her boyfriend being in danger. Good story.