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PRACTICE WITH YOUR GUN! Don't just buy it and expect to be able to do anything with it in a crunch.
I always add, learn how to treat a bullet wound and have kit to do so.
This is important for when something unthinkable or even an accident happens. Carrying a flat-packed tourniquet with your weapon can save your life if it misfires through your leg, or a ricochet hits you. In my case it helped when I had to defend myself against a group of people acting hostile. I drew, they didn't back off, one charged and took a shot through the arm and collapsed holding his arm. His friends ran away, likely thought he was dead. I stopped the bleeding until the ambulance got there. The cops met him at the hospital (GSWs get reported). I didn't have any legal fallout or problems from the police. They said it was clearly self-defense and I put myself at risk helping the guy.
Boring anecdote, I know, but it matters. I am not gonna advocate for altruisticly saving a Nazi/MAGA that you defend yourself from, but it can benefit you in a system rigged against you. Or it can save YOUR life if you both get a shot off and your aim is true, while the other person hits you in a limb.
Also, it just doesn't hurt having more people with critical casualty care skills and kit walking around.