“I don’t listen to society.”
Only a fool stops listening.
When society tells you not to take action to protect them then when you do they will feel you were wrong. Britain now prosecutes anyone that harm a bad guy, it is considered assault. We have started moving in that direction as well. When society tells you not to be armed or have any other weapon they are telling you very directly they don’t want bad guys harmed, regardless if you are protecting anyone.
Only a moron lets society make his decisions for him.
Objectively, we've gone the other way. 30 years ago only and handful of states allowed CCW, and only one (NH) had constitutional carry without a permit. Now 3/4 of states have permits, and I think it's five states with no permit needed. Of course the left controls the media and education, and will continue to try to push back by pushing their anti defense memes, but so far their failure has been spectacular.
The US is not Britain. Britain does not have a Constitution or a 2nd Amendment. Now they are disarmed.