This one sentence is why I posted this article. It explains my thoughts about the situation. “My job, my one and only job, the only thing I’m worrying about is to keep me and mine safe.”
Nobody will pay my medical, legal or funeral costs if I was to rush in with a superhero attitude. I am not a paid LEO so I don’t consider protecting society as one of my duties.
I carry for me and mine. There have been times when, due to circumstances, I considered that obligation to extend a bit but those were specific situations and not public.
I agree with your approach...I’ve thought long and hard about how to react...And while nobody knows for certain how they’ll react when confronted with this type situation, my predetermined personal “doctrine” is much the same...
I carry for the personal protection of me and my loved ones...My CW is carried to cover my and/or our egress from the hot zone...
As for others, I am not without sympathy...However, given the relative ease of obtaining a weapons permit and proper training, I agree with the old line from Clint’s “The Unforgiven”, “Well he (they) should have armed himself (themselves)...”
The safety of strangers who would probably question why I “had to shoot that man” or why “couldn’t you have just shot him in the hand to disarm him?”, and might just as easily line up to testify against me as praise my actions are not my lookout...
It’s a dangerous world filled with evil people...Why not go armed if you can; and otherwise, accept the consequences of your choice...