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During WW2 it was estimated that only 5% of soldiers firing their arms were effective. Even when faced with a life and death situation. There's something in the human psychic that made them not shoot, shoot over the heads or shoot wildly.
Maybe a combination of fear or the sanctity of life stops them from killing their fellow man. It was deduced the most effective soldiers had a pathological streak that came out and made them effective.
Todays modern soldier goes through weeks of intensive training to shoot and shoot with the intention to kill. Special elite forces like SAS, snipers, commandos go through even more intense training. So when faced with the enemy they don't think they kill.
Giving a person a weapon who hasn't got this training or a pathological streak is a waste of time. It's very butch to say you would kill someone in the heat of the moment. Some research will prove it's not so easy to do.
We are a species that was born to run and hide from danger.
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