Consider your friends lucky that those fools didn't call his bluff and pull out a blade of their own. That's why I don't carry a firearm. You don't bluff in situations like that and you most definately don't pull out a firearm to scare people. I just don't want to put myself in a situation where I would be forced to draw down on someone again. I have had to before and believe me, it is not fun for either person. Pepper spray is what I carry now, but would you believe that the laws are so ridiculous in the US that in most high crime areas pepper spray and stun guns are illegal to carry also!!!? It's great that gun control works in your country, but the US was founded by men with guns and our history was forged with the firearm. Disarming people here has a proven record of increasing crime.