I personally hold the old school adage of “The Best Fight is the one that never happens” as my personal motto because it exemplifies the two traits I think every martial citizen should have in spades: AWARENESS and DE-ESCALATION.
Being AWARE of your Surroundings and Always having the COOL HEADED Mindset that every heated encounter does not have to end in gunfire.
Actually, I have found over my 45 years that if you hone your AWARENESS to fine edge you can sidestep “jinky” encounters (ones you have to de-escalate) before they ever get to the verbal stage.
As I have always said the Martial Citizen is a lifestyle not a hobby.