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one reason why Zamudio didn't pull out his own weapon was that "he didn't want to be confused as a second gunman." This is a much more dangerous picture than has generally been reported.

This is actually an excellent point. If numerous people had pulled guns, confusion between who was on which side posed obvious risk of tragedy.

Not sure how to handle this risk, but disarming everybody isn't it.

Not sure how to handle this risk, but disarming everybody isn't it.

The way you handle it is not to draw at the drop of a hat. You draw when you are in the immediate area of an active situation and then you aim and fire. If, for example, you heard shots on the other side of a store, you don't draw and then go running across the store waving a gun. Good carry classes teach this stuff. If you are not defending yourself you are just 'brandishing a weapon' and that is a crime. If everyone waited to drawn until they had a criminal target in clear sight then the situation of several confused people waving guns is avoided. You don't draw if you are not sure of the situation. Yous should not even draw unless YOU PERSONALLY are being directly threatened. Concealed carry is not intended for citizens stopping an 'active shooter'. The laws are not set up for that either. It is a very gray area.