Also combat veteran of GWOT and 10 year law enforcement also deployed to support that mission. For every person I've seen be about that life I've seen 5-10 others freeze and not do a damn thing.

It's really wild that you being someone that's seen combat as you say not even acknowledge the fact that people that come up against an armed adversary will deal with fight or flight response.

Are you really telling me that you've never seen a person so scared shitless that they won't do anything?

Look at the amounts of training that we have to go through to turn off that response in our body. The amount of psychological work that goes into designed military structures and combat training to make sure dudes pull the trigger when they have to.

Now let's gamble on hoping everyday citizens can do the same.