Oh ye of little faith, like all the rest. Responding to evil with evil means neither of you are moral. If you yourself become savage when presented with savagery, you've lost.
I did not hesitate to protect my loved one when confronted with evil. I used the butt but was quite ready to have pulled the trigger. He blinked, I did not.
For decades devout people who did pray were not save against the evil being carried out.
I spent year trying bring about a peace. Force was what eventually brought and end to the fighting. People on all sides are still struggling to prevent a repeat, not always effective but better than the total chaos and violence being unleashed.