Serenity herself is not a simple woman.  A Companion is trained to protect herself with some martial arts and self defense so if you pull a gun, I wouldn't worry about the crew getting to him first lol.  And if he DOES happen to survive the encounter, he will be black listed, meaning that NO Companion will ever do business with him again so I'd think REAL long and hard about that before doing anything rash.   >:) >:) >:)