I can’t imagine a better example of a kill or be killed situation. Crazed masked guy swinging a hatchet pretty much tops the list. The clerk was incredibly lucky that he was only hit by a glancing blow. He had a nasty looking wound on his stomach but it didn’t seem very deep.
Sure, but did you split your sides?
Guns don’t kill people, axes… oh…
When all you have is an axe every problem looks like a tree.