In the US, you only call the cops if someone is likely going to die anyway, and you want a better chance of it not being you or one of your friends. The curren

In the US, you only call the cops if someone is likely going to die anyway, and you want a better chance of it not being you or one of your friends. The current training regimes generally do not emphasize de-escalation. Adrenaline-fueled escalations end up killing people that have not committed capital crimes, and likely never would. There is, of course, also the possibility that the cops don't show up in a timely fashion, or don't do anything to help you when they do arrive, or even turn their investigation onto you, and that is not independent of cultural background or apparent skin color. There are reasons for owning and carrying guns in the US beyond hoplophilia.