Additonally:

The "turn the other cheek'/ satyagahra method of dealing with those who would harm us is unfortunatly only as effective as the compassion of the aggressor permits.

Which is probabely why actual statistics from the DOJ involving the resistance or a lack there of during the commission of a violent crime reflect that, one who resists with a gun is far more likely to survive an encounter unscathed compared to other forms of resistance by a ratio of 4 to 1 (martial arts, other types of weapons etc) or no-resistance at all by a ration of 2 to 1.

In other words, resistance with a gun has the best chance of survival over any other means.