in the US, legally, by civilian, google for it, it's been studied and is legit. now, well under 10,000 punks get shot during these attempted crimes, so it's very rare for the good guy to have to fire at all, and a lot more rare to have to actually hit someone with a bullet to stop them. so speed of getting the gun out, ON the azzhat,, in time for him to see it and flee, is far, far more important than the (very slow) accuracy of which 99.% of the population is capable.
