 The armed citizen in this case performed well considering his situation. He was facing a violent felon with no qualms about shooting him. Plus, he was also outgunned. First, let's talk about the weapons involved. The robber had a rifle. This gives him greater accuracy and incredible knockdown power. In the military, we universally call our rifle our primary weapon and we call our pistol our secondary. If you have to fight, then you start with your primary and only transition to the pistol