Since I have so many attackers who don't even try to answer the questions and just attack what I say it makes me think they are unable to answer these questions and just use their attacks to cloud the real issue is that some people may not know how to answer the questions. As another person has mentioned at 21 ft is considered a safe distance to draw your firearm so at 10 feet or less away is it still safe to draw your when somebody is coming at you with a knife and the answer is probably not. If you know one fact it can affect how you respond. Again self defense is about survival and not all about being able to draw your firearm and shoot. One day you may not have a gun and then what do you do if you are threatened. How about if there is a gang and all of them are armed then what do you do if you have one firearm? Are you going to shoot it out with the gang if you are alone? What makes the criminal so successful and that is they have a plan so shouldn't you.