[RightWhale]

My plan is to kneel with one knee in the gut of the malefactor while checking the action of the firearm for dustballs. If knowingly going into a firefight, the pistol won't be in the pocket to begin with but strapped on, and then it wouldn't be a pistol in my hands anyway but something a little more results oriented.

[Travis McGee]

That's nice if you get to plan when you will be attacked.

In reality, the first sign of a problem is often a knife stuck in your side or a bat from behind which breaks one of your arms.

What then?