But it is different. HCP holders, unlike cops, have the option of leaving. If I see a guy pointing a shotgun at himself, my first plan of action is to leave before he has the opportunity to point it at me, then call the police. Police officers do not have the option of leaving the scene and having someone else deal with it. They are the 'someone else'. If six permit holders shot someone who was pointing a gun at himself, they'd be in some deep trouble, because they could have called the police. Who do you expect the officers in this situation to call?
I think there's more to this story. Like another poster said, it's funny how everyone screams media bias unil it agrees with them. Like I said before, I give police officers more credit than thinking that they're just itching to shoot someone because they're the police.