Maybe he doesn't realize that just because he survived this attack, that these bad men will have an opportunity to continue to beat and terrorize other blacks, maybe he doesn't realize that by bringing these two to justice, he may help other blacks realize the importance of owning and carrying a firearm. Maybe - but I suppose it was because he had just had enough and wanted the nightmare to end. Maybe, the town he lives in has more prejudice people in it like the two men who attacked him, and he is afraid of the repercussions if he calls any more attention to himself or the incident. Or maybe nobody let him know that he could press charges and all the good it might do for others. Either way, it's too bad he didn't.
Every year there are two million uses of firearms for self-defense.
Most of these will never be reported in your local newspaper or in the mainstream media. Instead, the moment there is a gun-related accident, they will jump on the story and it will circle the globe for weeks or months with the request that we do something about the guns. It has stories and links to real life stories of armed citizens using guns to save lives and protect property. There are new stories almost daily - but I have never seen any of these stories on the nightly TV news or in the newspapers. If journalists were really interested in reporting the news fairly, they would report both sides of the story.