mojo84 wrote:I don't see how pulling a gun is going to help with a stampeding crowd.
This would be my first question. Could you reasonably expect pulling or even firing a gun to produce a better outcome than not? Seems to me that it might cause the people immediately around you to try to pull back but they're still being pushed by the rest of the mob and can't do anything. More likely, someone sees it and starts screaming about a gun and the mob is suddenly even more frantic and you're likely to sustain even more damage. If you actually fire shots, same frantic mob issue. I just don't see a gun being much help.