Slide lock is a good time to reassess the situation while you reload from cover.
"Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he's too old to fight, he'll just kill you."
This is accurate. My knees are blown out, my big toes are fused on both feet,
and I'm too fat to flee in any case. Having had several injuries of note, including
having my septum ripped loose from it's mountings, and being hit in the head hard
enough to knock me unconscious for 8-10 minutes, I can't afford to soak up any
more injuries, especially impacts to the head. There's no way I can go
mano-a-mano with somebody who does it for a living, but I still can shoot pretty well.
When I went through the NRA's BP-OTH course I put every shot into the 5 zone
on the target over the course of 2 days. Shooting well would seem to be my
only feasible choice when confronted by a deadly threat. I may not come out
unscathed, but I will not grovel or give up.