ROBERT FARAGO: Self-Defense Tip: Keep Shooting Until the Threat Ceases. “Practically, shooting to kill can be a huge waste of time—time that would be better spent leaving. If you can shoot and scoot, that’s the ideal plan B. (Plan A was scooting without shooting.) And when your priority is skid-addling, you view your firearm in its proper perspective. It becomes what Ralph calls a time machine: ‘It gives me time to get my ass out of Dodge.’ True dat.”