I actually think a non shooting story involving a gun is just as good as a shooting story. It shows that gun owners aren’t trigger happy.
A few years back we had a case where an armed victim stabbed his attacker and local liberals had fits trying to figure out why he didn’t shoot. The guy said he just didn’t want to escalate the situation and kill someone for being a drunken idiot.
Fix a bayonet knife to your long gun. Then you can choose when to escalate.