But you don’t have to fire a defensive weapon to use it to save your life or someone else’s. More often than not an attacker will be persuaded to leave at the sight of a firearm.
Yep, and the person being robbed at gunpoint probably has better odds than one being robbed by bat or a knife.
Somebody that pulls a gun is less likely to use the gun than a person who uses a knife or a bat in a robbery/crime.(more to prove and exibit)
What I mean is that if I am the victim of a situation, I will not pull a gun to just show it. If it is so dire that I need to show it, I will need to use it.
If the person turns and runs, good on them. Other than this--if a gun is pulled by me, it is to kill. Period.