re: #163 Political Atheist

Of course. And I for one am damn glad a ten or fourteen day “cooling off period” did not prevent her from access to stop the second attack. And I am even happier that guy did not have a gun and shoot her first.

I have some documented incidents, often at jewelry stores. The most dramatic example-
Arguably the most experienced gunfighter in the US was this poor guy Lance Thomas that sold Rolex watches at his store. The fought off armed attackers 5 times. Got wounded a couple times. Killed a couple attackers.
Wiki
Justice Files show
Gave up against the ongoing gang threat closed his place and moved to Obscurity, USA. He said he was afraid for his customers and just had to close.

Are you at all willing to consider probabilities in this?

I had a friend who refused to wear a seatbelt because he was involved a car wreck where, had he been wearing a belt’ he would have likely died. That isn’t really a good argument for people not wearing seat belts.