Mr. Shaw,

You show your ignorance.

"bloodbath with ricocheting bullets,"
NO! The correct bullet for self-defense in an urban environment is a frangible one, which cannot ricochet. Throwing china at the criminals would have caused MORE ricochets.

"guns seized and turned on the women "
Which would have been worse than what happened?


"people shot dead on both sides."
You object to the criminals being killed? The victims were likely to be killed in any case (In most such cases they are.)


And I see YOU are playing God here.
"Anyone can "make a case" predicated on what might or might not have happened had such-and-such been or not been the case."

So why should YOUR view have greater moral relevance than mine?