Active Shooter: When Self-Defense Becomes Necessary - OpenSIPS Trunking Solutions

Active shooter incidents happen quickly and are often over within 10 or 15 minutes. Read also: Unidentified Ginger Leak: Prepare For A Mind-Blowing Revelation

Knowing how to respond in those first critical minutes, before police arrive, saves lives.

An active shooter expects you to feel helpless, but you are not.

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Begin with a survival mindset.

Knowledge and practice are.

In other words, the attacker points the gun at you and you defend yourself by disarming him.

Active shooter events are a hard topic, but pretending they wont happen doesnt keep people safe.

And most importantly, know your worth.

You deserve to work in a place where your safety is priority one.

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In june 2024, the fbi in their active shooter incidents in the united states report designated 48 shootings as active shooter incidents in the u. s.

Of those 48 incidents, 28 (58%.

What this means for concealed carriers.

To that end, here are some tips to deal with active shooter situations:

Avoid them in the first place.

This isnt designed to encourage reclusiveness or a hermit like existence;

It is simply designed to mitigate risk.

Ask yourself if it is really necessary to see that big opening night picture or attend that political rally in the first place.

Typically, the immediate deployment of law enforcement is required to stop the shooting and mitigate harm to victims.

Because active shooter situations are often over within 10 to 15 minutes, before law enforcement arrives on the scene, individuals must be prepared both mentally and physically to deal with an active shooter situation.