In the 2011 Tuscon shooting [1] (the one where Gabby Giffords was badly injured), Joe Zamudio, one of the people who helped subdue the shooter, was carrying a c

In the 2011 Tuscon shooting [1] (the one where Gabby Giffords was badly injured), Joe Zamudio, one of the people who helped subdue the shooter, was carrying a concealed weapon and nearly shot the wrong guy. [2] Ultimately the shooter was completely subdued without the use of firearms. The conclusion that I draw from this incident and many others is that it would be more effective to train people to take down shooters by hand, and there would be considerably less chance of serious collateral damage because an armed bystander didn't know what he or she was doing. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Tucson_shooting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Tucson_shooting [2] http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/human_nature/2011/01/friendly_firearms.html http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/human_natur...