I'll choose attacking the traitorous bastard behind me with the .22... If I am gonna die anyway, I'd rather take the chance and arm myself to defend against the .45, which will soon be at my head anyway, should I live.
Maybe that's just me.
Or, in the case of this election, deciding to take some down with you is a choice I can respect. I'm figuring we can survive a McCain presidency, so would risk that, if the alternative was Hillary. But I can appreciate that reasonable people could figure that a McCain presidency poises as much risk to our freedom as a Hillary presidency, and choose to go out in style.