Have you heard about the Midwest City,. Oklahoma hostage situation?
(Large) man takes 2 year old from shopping cart and holds knife pointed at her side. Mother in a panic, negotiations failed, etc.
"Police said Wallace then started a 60-second countdown that the suspect warned would end up with him harming the child.
That’s when police Capt. David Huff walked up to Wallace and shot him point-blank in the head."
If there was nobody with a carry permit in the store, at least the Police Capt. solved the problem.