If a suspect had a gun drawn before officers were even involved, then society has failed.

I don't expect us to suddenly not have violence at all. Few people are going to admit that they're part of the problem. But it's clearly possible for civilizations to have socioeconomics and underlying political systems that can raise populations that don't resort to violence.

It seems like the US did have "socioeconomics and underlying political systems that can raise populations that don't resort to violence" or at least was moving that way until 1 to 2 years ago when the decades long decline in violent crime came to an abrupt halt.