DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier on active shooter: Take them down

[Tungsten]

So, instead of belly aching, why not learn to do the best with what you've got?

Active shooter rolls in, just raise your hands in the air and complain that he is microaggressing you and this is a safe space.

FIFY

 

[platoonDaddy]

what a troll

DC police chief who advocated taking down mass shooters has approved few gun permits

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/11/24/dc-police-chief-who-advocated-taking-down-mass-shooters-has-approved-few-gun/?intcmp=hpbt4

 

[Pinecone]

LOL! I wasn't talking about laying on the ceiling. The office walls are standard drywall with metal studs. I got up through the ceiling and stood on the "T" where my office walls came together with another office in under a minute.

Stand? Most over ceiling tile areas are not that high, and are full of other stuff.

 

[garber38]

Run = not providing care to a wounded person a termination offense.
hide= same thing
fight=losing your job for fighting at work, even though you may save many others.
At work, can't use a fire extinguisher to put out a fire, but I can use it on a possible attacker.
Either way, they will have a replacement for your job if you're not dead or severely injured.

 

[danb]

Bump:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...table-main_activeshooter-715pm:homepage/story


Kinda like, I dunno, calling for the militia maybe? As in: train everyone to fight back? This is why we need universal carry: slinging staplers will only work for so long.

And from the article: people do not enjoy being sitting ducks. Huh, fancy that. Before we called them gun free zones, we called them soft targets, and the mass killlers seek them out.

 

[rdc]

Bump:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...table-main_activeshooter-715pm:homepage/story


Kinda like, I dunno, calling for the militia maybe? As in: train everyone to fight back? This is why we need universal carry: slinging staplers will only work for so long.

And from the article: people do not enjoy being sitting ducks. Huh, fancy that. Before we called them gun free zones, we called them soft targets, and the mass killlers seek them out.

Cowering under a desk makes you a perfect target. In effect you are just hoping not to be noticed. Swarming an attacker makes sense. Overwhelm, Overpower, and Overcome. He can only shoot one person at a time. Tia is why people like to attack in groups. Mob mentality is Avery real and dangerous thing. Man on man fights are difficult.
Now all that said its a major obstacle to get people to actually attack an armed assailant. Human nature says "he's stronger-run". I had this exact conversation with my wife when the Paris attacks happened.
I'd like to think I'd go on the offensive but as someone who has never experienced hostile gunfire it's still an unknown and I cannot fault anyone who goes into "flight" or "hide" mode.