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The gun is merely a tool.
For those who have been trained into minimum proficiency or expertise, it is still just a tool.

I have legally carried my tools, concealed and openly, in many states and a few foreign countries.

Frankly I have defensively brandished my car more times than I have displayed my weapon(s).

My personal self-defense arsenal consists of a number of disparate things, including various lethal physical attack movements, edged weapons, and some fairly arcane knowledge of defensive poisons.

I have never been accused of physically attacking anyone.
If attacked, I would not waste any advantage in protecting myself.
So no, there is no such thing as “warning shots” or “scare tactics” I would be willing to employ if I was forced into a physical self defense situation.

Why anyone would think I needed to suffer any degree of physical harm before I actively defended myself from physical attack is something I just don't understand.