In almost any self defense scenario you can name your assailants will be trying to rob you or the business you are at.
Maybe.......but are you willing to stake your life on what you
think they're going to do? They introduced the threat of deadly force (why else would I be compelled to comply?) and I'm not telepathic, so I don't know what they're going to do. Should I wait until they pat me down and find my gun? Should I let one opportunity after another pass by until all chances have slipped away and now I KNOW they're going to kill me? Are you suggesting that I meekly comply like a school mate of mine did and get murdered anyway, on my knees?
In that situation YOU my friend will most likely start the fight when you choose to resist.
Bullcrap. Someone had to say it, so I just did. THE BADGUYS "started it" when they decided to rob me. THEY introduced the deadly force element, not me. I only answered it with deadly force in return.
Does that mean be stupid and draw against a drawn gun? Not if you have to, but there will be opportunities you can take advantage of, or create one or two if none present themeselves.
Telling the goodguy who chooses to resist against the threat of deadly force is akin to telling a woman not to fight the rapist and just to give in to him. After all, she'll just make him mad and according to the stats, he
probably won't kill her and once he completes the rape, he'll just leave her alone.....
Disengage? Yeah, I'm sure my school mate tried leaving the liquor store as it was being robbed but the two badguys had other ideas. They had the 5 of them kneel down and shot each one in the back of the head.....even after they had the money they'd come for....even after all the victims complied with their demands and posed no threat whatsoever.....
"Just disengage" is a ludicrous piece of advice.
If I am ever unfortunate enough to find myself in a robbery situation and the badguys have introduced the threat of deadly force, they are fair game in my book. If I choose to, I would be justified to draw and shoot them down without warning them first, quickly and without hesitation. To dither in that situation is to die.
I will not allow myself to be patted down by a badguy. He'd find my gun and take it. His gun may not have worked; I know mine does.
I will not allow myself to be herded "into the back room" or kneel with hands behind my head.
I will not allow them to take my children or wife into the back room.
I may not win the fight, but they sure as hell will not get me for free.
Why do I carry a gun? Because I refuse to entrust my life to the mere `whim of another.