A few thoughts about a gun in your situation. What if you did have a handgun when you were mugged? What would you have done? Unless you saw it coming and were able to quickdraw (not likely), you would still be at a disadvantage until the mugger was walking away or somehow distracted to give you time to draw your handgun. The latter doesn't seem plausible for most situations. If you had pulled out a gun during the incident, you might be dead today. So that leaves shooting the mugger while he is walking away from you...as in..you were really no longer in continued danger when you took revenge and shot back. Any thoughts? I am not judgeing...just wondering.