Apart from not including negative outcomes, the problem with the "Armed Citizen's" database is that the main source of incidents is new reports. It's unlikely that the media report many incidents in which a gun was displayed but not used.
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I was always taught never to pull a gun unless you are going to use it. Off of the top of my head I can think of many bad possibilities and very few good ones.
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If pulling the gun ends a threat (the assailant turns and runs, for example), you would not be justified in shooting. As Brian notes, laws differ on when you're justified in displaying a gun, but even in those where it's legal to display it only if lethal force would be justified, the point is that you should be prepared to use it, not that you must.