Do you assume that the good guy only needs one shot and never misses in all your scenarios?
I think the answer is YES...
Doesn't really matter very much, does it , after he has scored some hits.
I am sure Mark Wilson felt the same way and certainly Byron Wilson did. Mark was killed, of course, after shooting David Hernandez Arroyo, Sr., and Arroyo, turned his attention on Mark, downed him, and then delivered a coupe de grace.
Byron tried to stop Dionisio Garza III. Garza managed to shoot Byron 3 times, shattering both shins and hitting him in the shoulder.
Neither Mark or Byron were in uniforms. They weren't cops. Just good Sams trying to save the world against bad guys who were trying to kill people.
I know that it sounds good to say that a CCW is just going to draw his/her gun and shoot the bad guy and it will all be over, but strangely that isn't the norm for reality. In fact, when mass shooters are stopped by non-LEOs, they are most often stopped by folks via tackling and/or the use of improvised weapons, not firearms.
Originally Posted by old_marksman
In February 2008, an armed citizen entered the Kirkwood, MO, city hall, a gun free zone, with mayhem in mind.
The first person he shot was the uniformed policeman at the door.
He then shot several other peoples--after walking right past an official in my gun club, and paying no attention to him.
No, that was not the first person he shot. That was the second person he shot.
Interesting event. The cop that was initially shot was
not shot in a gun-free zone. Sgt. William Biggs was shot in the parking lot across the street from city hall while running an errand to get some food. So Biggs wasn't at the door. Then the shooter walked inside, shot another officer before going at the city council.
http://www.odmp.org/officer/19196-sergeant-william-king-biggs-jr
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/09/us/09missouri.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkwood_City_Council_shooting
Of course, the city hall shooting was a completely different sort of situation with hundreds fewer people being involved, well lit facility, etc.