Many of the techniques taught for gun disarming are dangerous for a host of reasons. There are plenty of ways to effectively disarm a gun if the assailant is both close enough to you and stationary enough. However, many of the techniques taught do not consider possible discharges into nearby crowds or innocent bystanders, the legal ramifications of what comes after you've taken away the gun, and many other aspects. There are more ways to get seriously hurt or killed when dealing with a gun than there are of doing it safely.
Now the macho crowd often says, "Who cares about 'legal ramifications?' I'd take it away and shoot the guy and deal with it at trial." My personal definition of self-defense, though, is getting to go home to my wife and son when it's all over with. Getting locked up because I tried to take away a gun and got some innocent pedestrian killed in the process, or going to jail because I snatched a gun away from a guy and then shot him with it (effectively meaning I shot an unarmed man) does not fit that definition.
I believe it is far safer and more effective to employ a weapon of your own than to get in a struggle with someone else over theirs. While there is really no "safe" method of disarming a gun (or knife), two shots in the ten-ring from a few paces is leagues safer than trying to grab the gun and twist it from the attacker's grasp.
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