People seem to assume that they will always win. The gun is not armor. If the BG is armed, your gun gives you an option. It's not a Johnson contest. The objective is to stay alive, you and yours. If getting out does that, get out. If you can not get out and have no other option, then you use the gun. Not all BGs are cowards, and some can shoot. Some have military training and some grew up in neighborhoods that would chew the rest of us up and spit us out. Some are on drugs and you could shoot your mag empty and they keep coming. But it's the internet. Doit your way.