Matt, smart CCW carry dictates avoiding "risky" areas at all costs. One must be even less aggressive and confrontational when packing. The weapon is a last-ditch tool to save a life. If you come up to me and start a fist fight, even if I'm losing, I cannot legally pull my gun and shoot you. But if you're beating on me and I'm retreating, trying to get away at all costs, and you're obviously so incensed you're going to kill me, then I may be justified in defending myself with my gun. I would shoot only to put you down and stop the threat...not to kill you. I would expect my life to change drastically both emotionally and financially at that point.