 It's not fun running to the car while a man is shooting at you with a rifle. And finally, the armed citizen was able to get behind cover during the gunfight and stand toe-to-toe against a violent felon who was using a long gun. Most people who get shot with a rifle are mortally wounded, whereas a higher percentage of people wounded with handguns tend to survive. But in this case, the armed citizen had the benefit of an engine block to stop the rifle rounds, and he obviously was a superior marksman since he bested the criminal.