I'd be a lot more concerned about his buddy I didn't see walking up behind me and blowing my head apart.
This goes back to the tactical advantage which according to the essay is also an invalid point. People will do whatever they want to and anytime someone who has been in a gun grab situation or actual gun fight try's to give real world insight they don't want to hear it because it doesn't support their point. But what do I know, I'm just an Internet commando with real world gun grab experience. If you talk to most LEO in a large city I'm sure you will find that more gun grab situations happen than you think.