In my scenario...a lawyer could argue anything he wanted. When 8 guys start to surround you and you are many miles from help, what a lawyer could argue in court doesn’t matter. And let’s face it, no one picks a fight using a 6-shot 22 LR against 8 guys....
As it was (decades ago), I left and never filed any report. I seriously doubt they did. They didn’t strike me as liking cops, so to speak. I’ve never come close to pulling a gun in self-defense since.
You were very lucky to have escaped harm.
The problem is with the election of left-leaning prosecutors funded by people like Soros. There is no guarantee that what may previously be described as self-defense will be seen in the same light going forward. When you have states like Virginia making threats to nationalize the National Guard to confiscate “assault rifles” from law-abiding citizens, all bets are off.