Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: "If they have the drop on you, you will get shot if you resist with a gun" [View all]spin
(17,493 posts)stopped an attack by an armed individual who had every intention of serious injuring or killing them.
Since these incidents never made the news or ended up in any statistics on self defense you will consider them simply bullshit.
But the fact is that I seriously believe that they happened as I personally know the individuals and they rarely lied or exaggerated any stories that they told. I have heard other such stories from people who often told false stories and I simply felt they were interesting fiction.
You are entirely right to express your view but I will simply politely suggest that you might be wrong. Obviously I can't produce statistics to back up my response but let me assure you that such incidents happen frequently. They are obviously hard to prove as the media rarely reports them and neither do the police.
To claim otherwise serves your purpose but ignores reality.