>Mm. Makes me think of something I read about the time that guy shot
>his congresswoman (Gabrielle Giffords, IIRC, is her name) at the
>meet-n-greet in Arizona. The way I saw it reported, there was a CCW
>holder in that crowd, but he was way at the back or something.
>Whatever the details, he didn't have a shot, and he knew if he drew,
>he'd accomplish nothing other than make himself a target for the cops,
>who could not reasonably be expected to know his IFF status. So he
>didn't, and when it came out afterward that he was there he got nine
>miles of shit from the If I'd'a Been There I'd'a Wasted That Punk
>crowd. No, fuck you, guys, he's Doing It Right and you're not. The
>thing about tactical situations is that you have to use
>tactics. That guy did. I'm not so sure I would, so... yeah.

The CCW guy actually did have a shot but chose not to take it because he couldn't be sure if the guy with the gun was the shooter or not.

Good thing too: While it was the gun used in the attack, the guy holding it was the man who had disarmed the shooter.