The number of people who get hit by stray bullets during a "shootout" is almost certainly going to be smaller than the number of people who get shot if gunmen are allowed to complete their rampage. The idea that cops are specially capable of handling situations like that, and most people lack that capability, doesn't really have any basis in reality; it's something that people say when they are uncomfortable with the idea of armed citizens and need some reason to disparage it.
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