[scott7278]

>>>They always say, ‘What if someone with a concealed weapon was there and could stop this,’ “ said Kristen Rand, legislative director for the Washington-based Violence Policy Center. “Well there was, and he almost shot the wrong person.”

Well, that does it. Let’s disarm the police, too, because of the potential of making the wrong decision.

[Tunehead54]

From your excerpt: "said Kristen Rand, legislative director for the Washington-based Violence Policy Center. “Well there was, and he almost shot the wrong person.”"

When Zumudio heard the shooting, per the article, he reaches into his pocket and flipped off the safety and then ... "Zamudio saw a young man squirming on the ground and an older man standing above him, waving a gun.

Zamudio, 24, had his finger on the trigger and seconds to decide.

He lifted his finger from the trigger and ran toward the struggling men."

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The way I read it he never took the gun out of his pocket, never assumed a shooting stance, never aimed and if true its bad practice to have your finger on the trigger with the gun in your pocket unless you're considering shooting through your coat at a target VERY close to you.

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The guy did great and the "finger on trigger" was probably the writer's supposition/dramatization and an actual shot was a long way off. IMHO. ;-)