Remember the recent shooting in Tucson, involving congresswoman Giffords?
I have it on reliable authority that the Federal judge who also died was armed and wasn't able to deploy it fast enough . And he wasn't the first one shot, either.
Dammit.
Your profanity is misplaced. You state that the judge was not able to deploy his gun fast enough and that he wasn't even the first one shot. So after Zamudio, we now have a second person carrying who was not able to stop the carnage? I have to admit, such shortcomings do little to support the claims of pro-gun folks who cry out in a Sally Struthers-like manner that if just one person there had a gun, that the carnage could have been stopped. As noted previously, Zamudio wasn't actually on scene until AFTER all the shooting had stopped. So the fact that he had a gun bore no relevance on the situation.
So now you provide us new information that on good authority that Judge Roll was carrying a gun and could not deploy it fast enough and that he wasn't even the first one shot. Why do you think that is? Was Loughner so fast that he was able to shoot multiple people before shooting the judge before the judge had time to draw is concealed gun and stop the carnage? So you have it on good authority that Judge Roll was actually attempting to deploy his gun when he was shot? Maybe he was, but the reason for not being successful isn't because he didn't have time to deploy it during Loughner's lighting fast shooting spree as Loughner wasn't lightning fast. Given that Judge Roll was with Giffords behind the table that separated them (and some others) from the constituents in line to speak with Giffords, Judge Roll must have gone down next to Giffords behind the table, right?
While you claim that Judge Roll didn't have time to deploy the gun he supposedly had, he did have time to leave Giffords' side after she was shot and to move around from behind the table to being in front of it to help Ron Barber who who worked for Giffords and who was the person shot after Giffords. By the time Judge Roll got to Barber, Loughner had shot others. Then Loughner shot Judge Roll.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Tragedy-In-Tucson-Judge-Roll-NOT-Loughners-Primary-Target
http://www.azcentral.com/news/artic...ffords-aide-ron-barber-recounts-shooting.html
Given that the disucssion here is about the necessity of drawn speed and that you are using the Giffords event shooting as an example of a person not being fast enough despite being armed, you might save your profanity for a better reason.
If he had a gun, Judge Roll had the time to draw a gun. The problem is that Judge Roll didn't draw his supposedly carried gun and shoot Loughner before attempting to render aid. So it would be tactics, not timing, that resulted in Judge Roll's death and apparent failure to deploy his own gun and stop the carnage.
Was Judge Roll trying to draw his own gun when he was killed? There is no indication of it. If he was, not being able to get it out in time wasn't due to the slowness of his draw or Loughner's speed. It would have been because he decided way too late to draw his gun, after several folks had been shot and after he physically changed locations to render aid.
Thusfar, I have seen no information that indicates that Judge Roll was at any time ever attempting to draw any sort of weapon when he was shot. Given that he was on the ground and facing away from Loughner when he was shot in the back, it would not appear that he had any intention of confronting the shooter what-so-ever.
http://milwaukee.wisgop.info/2011/01/22/judge-john-roll-was-a-hero-why-didnt-we-know-this/
The Judge is a hero, but not for trying to stop the shooter. He was trying to save Ron Barber's life by rendering aid.
This summary of the event indicates that Roll tackled Barber to get him out of the line of fire. There are some partial recreations of the security tape video from Safeway.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/jared-loughners-alleged-rampage-caught-tape-fbi-reviews/story?id=12644306