Quote Originally Posted by JaneV2.0 View Post
There were two armed "good guys" on the scene when the Tacoma Mall shootings occurred. I believe one of them is still paralyzed, but at least he survived. Neither were able to stop the shooter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma_Mall_shooting
Did you read why? According to the link (and contrary to what some people say here) one guy didn't shoot because of bystanders. The other guy actually had the draw on the shooter but resorted to verbal tactics to try and difuse the situation. Not cowboys. My guess is today people would be less likely to risk giving the shooter a chance to choose to shoot it out.