In my case it would be way more likely that your attacker doesn't have a gun.

Tasers are barely suitable even against unarmed attackers in light clothing.

And only then at very, very close range.

Like I said, doesn't have to be just a taser

Pepper spray is reliant on pain compliance, and straight up does not affect a surprising percentage of the population on a physiological level.

Same as tear gas.

And if you've got someone in an altered state, they can function whether you've dosed them or not.

Hand me a baseball bat, I'll fuck a bitch up, and though this is on the assumption that the attacker has no gun

Pepper spray also usually results in contamination of the person using it as well.

You don't carry a baseball bat with you everywhere, though.

Trunk of my car

You're always in your car?

But then again, this is the only possible use

You never walk to or from your car?

And you can teleport the bat into your hands?

No, I understand that I'm not always near it

Does this hold up to all the gun deaths?

Public education on self defense would be help too

Absolutely. The casualty rate is of literally no concern to me. More people die every year from falling off of ladders. Three times as many people are beaten to death with hammers. Several times more die of the flu in a single season.

Even then, If I'm honest I would prefer a person getting robbed to a person getting killed.

To be honest, if someone pulled a knife on me or my fiancee, and demanded my wallet, I'd blow them the fuck away if I didn't have a single dollar in it.

Those two can go hand in hand sadly

The point isn't being robbed.

It's defending your life and agency against a hostile threat.

Ladders and hammers are usefull, the flu is natural.

But in your scenario I would prefer having more people robbed to the exchange of less people killed.

Robberies rarely go like that, though6

In what way?

Once a victim demonstrates compliance with a predator, it usually goes a step further.

What do you mean by step further?

DoJ statistics show that in all cases except immediate, violent resistance, the victim is likely to be subject to escalation by the hostile actor.

Describe it.

What sort of escalation

And could you send me the statistics

A death I'm assuming?

A man comes up to a woman, asks her if her dog bites. She says no. He pulls a knife. Demands her purse. She complies. That's twice now.

The first capitulation was opening a dialogue.

That's only a robbery

I'm not finished.

Opening of a dialogue isn't bad

It can be. But that's a separate discussion.