Here you go DU, one of those good guy with a gun stories. Sarcasm warning.

[Beastly Boy]

35. It is refreshing to see a post that is not only to the point, but also,

if I understand you correctly, rejects the NRA propaganda. The presumption that a good guy with a gun is the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is, indeed, nonsense. I am not aware of any statistical data that shows rates of survival of an armed good guy being attacked by an armed bad guy, but logic suggests that the introduction of any gun, in anyone's possession, under any circumstances that may prompt its use, whether it ends up being used or not, significantly elevates the odds of injury to all parties, including unsuspecting bystanders, good samaritans and law enforcement.

As you correctly pointed out, who ends up being the bigger victim in such confrontations depends on many factors that are unknown at the time of a confrontation. The only known outcome is that there will be damage. This was exactly my point when I suggested that "Perhaps it would have been better if neither one of them had guns." As far as I can see, this is the only scenario that has a snowflake's chance in hell to minimize damage, if not prevent the crime.