I agree with the commenter who said it was a fight or flight response. If you have no experience or training to fall back on, it's kind of unpredictable what your brain is going to do in a moment like that. I wouldn't judge somebody for that. But after the chemicals settle down, reason should reassert itself. If you can't have a rational conversation at that point and admit that you messed up in the moment of danger, then there's a problem.

I live in New Orleans. This is why I carry a decoy wallet & an old s****y iPhone that doesn't work or unlock. Turns on. But it won't unlock no matter how correct the password is. So I keep those on me & when I'm out walking around I keep a smaller wallet & my real cell phone in my bra. I also put all sorts of fake money & fake cards in the wallet & a mclovin ID! Lol. I put notes on the very real looking money that says "GOTCHU B***H! Get a job!" & some knock knock jokes. Just to be an extra big d**k. I got robbed once before & I didn't have my phone on me at the time (it was at the repair shop I was walking from) Luckily. But I did have all my credit cards & my ID. so it was a pain to have to replace them all. They weren't able to steal any money since I canceled all the cards before they could. But the NOLA OMV takes a minimum of like 10 hours. So getting a new id sucked. That's what prompted my decoy idea. Gotta be smarter than the criminals.