OldMarksman
Staff
I have no idea where those ideas might have came from, unless you are describing a home defense situation.Concealed carry is not for fast draw! It is to surprise the bad guy with a smooth motion that belies any risk. If you stand out, in the open, and draw your gun you will be shot. You are supposed to get behind cover or at least out of view and then pull your gun and shoot. You don't tell him to drop his gun, you don't shoot a warning shot your purpose is to stop his attack with the application of equal or similar violence.
If you are unable to do that then you should question why you are carrying.
Otherwise, it is difficult to visualize a situation in which one who can "get out ...of view and then pull [his] gun and shoot" would describe a realistic and lawfully justifiable self defense encounter.
The defender will be the one who is surprised, or he should have departed beforehand. The only surprise that may accrue to the attacker would be resistance, or perhaps getting shot.
The good defensive pistol training classes I mentioned will define the skills necessary to survive what can be described as an ambush, or perhaps as a "dynamic critical incident". The assailant attacks unexpectedly from a direction unforeseen, and most probably from very close range. The only things to do are to turn toward him, draw quickly while moving off line if possible, and shoot. If it is possible to get behind something--the end of a car, or even a stray shopping cart that could slow down his rush--that would be good.
Defensive shooting requires a fast draw, unless one happens to be in his own home waiting for an intruder to enter the room. The draw will likely be a little slower than with open carry, but if it is not fast enough, the defender will not prevail.