I have. A couple buddies and I chased an obnoxious loud mouth out of a bar one night. We followed him out and he pulled a pistol out of the trunk of his car and started threatening us. All three of us were military vets, we spread out so the damned fool couldn't take us all. We kept moving around and telling him to GTF in his car and leave. He was scared. Got in his car and took off. NBD.

Somebody in the bar called the cops. They showed up after the dude had split. We gave them his license plate number and they took it from there.

Having said that, no one can know with any degree of certainty that they will never encounter a life threatening situation. Could happen anywhere at any time and any place.

Like they say, you may h**e guns and may not believe in God, but if someone breaks into your house, you are going to call men with guns and pray they get there in time.

It is better to have a gun and not need it than to not have one if you ever do.