I know I would step on the gas if surrounded by a gang of vicious ferals.
I was in that situation once. I witnessed an act of vandalism and a few minutes later one of the vandals broke my windshield. I followed them while on the phone with the police dispatcher.
Suddenly my car was surrounded by a bunch of young black men. I didn’t do anything because the police were in sight and coming in hot.
The attack stopped as soon as the service weapons came out.
I have the misfortune of living in a state that doesn’t recognize the right to arm yourself, so the “you should have shot them crowd can remain quiet.”