Reply #83: Here is a little role playing that might actually enlighten you

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Modified Tueller drill. No guns or weapons required, just a game of tag. You could do this with a significant other and/or friend and it will take about a minute. For best results both persons should be relatively health/athletic. Of course this is if you would rather be informed and not just toss out straw men all day.

One person is "bad guy", one person is the "victim".
Place bad guy and victim 21 feet apart (doesn't need to be exact) facing each other.
When "bad guy" raises his hand and begins to advance (simulating drawing a knife) the victim attempts to turn around and run away. The "bad guy" attempts to tag the victim (simulated stab wound).

If you do this with an open mind you will be surprise as how the combination of inertia (turning around is very slow), reaction time, and speed humans can move in a straight line makes the encounter very fast.

Most likely your victim will get "tagged" before taking a step or two. You can reverse roles and the victim still loses. Now IF the two people have very different athletic ability the victim might "escape" however most violent criminals tend to be rather athletic. Still you can try again by shortening the distance from 21ft to say 15ft.

The point of the story is "running away" is often not successful.