That hit my mind as a possibility after i retorted....there are many situations where i am hands-off but some cases would bother me greatly if I did absolutely nothing...even if only to make a scene to try to get the thug off the woman/other victim w/o physical intervention...would be more likely to draw my weapon and ask the person to stop because if it looked like serious harm or death might occur, I would have to act.
I understand where you were coming from now that you clarified and while what you say is a truth, even those cases cannot be left unopposed if some serious harm is occurring.
If one intervenes in what turns out to be a domestic dispute, even if the woman’s life is being threatened the serious harm might well come to the intervenor from the woman. I was on the wrong side of a couple of situations a long time ago where there seemed to be a clear cut need of intervention for the woman’s safety. Never again. And Even if I have my gun i would not show it. When the cops come one faces a he said/she said and the other side of it is both the people involved in the altercation.