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Instances like this - you notice something is wrong, but you haven't actually been attacked yet - are just about made for pocket carry.

Once your hand is in your pocket, actually grasping your gun, you're no more than 1/2 second away from BANG once you decide you have to shoot - that's pretty good.

But if you DON'T have to shoot, nobody sees anything but a guy standing there with his hand in his pocket, which is completely unremarkable. If (as will usually be the case) nothing happens, you just go about your business, with nobody the wiser.

That's why I like my 340SC.

(Pocketable guns may sacrifice some firepower over full size pistols, but in many instances, where discretion and a low profile are called for, they're just the ticket.)