Active Shooter facts
While investigating facts about Active Shooter Training and Active Shooter Today, I found out little known, but curios details like:
According to th Department of Homeland Security Run, Hide, Fight is the method of response to active shooters. Run if you can, Hide if you can't run, and Fight if your life depends on it.
how to survive an active shooter?
In an FBI study of all 160 active shooter incidents ranging from 2000 to 2013, less than 4% of the shooters were female.
What to do in an active shooter situation?
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across answering what to do if there is an active shooter. Here are 16 of the best facts about Active Shooter Aurora Illinois and Active Shooter Jersey City I managed to collect.
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On October 29, 1994 civilians Harry Rakosky, Ken Davis, and Robert Hain tackled an active shooter at the White House. Then President Clinton was inside the White House at the time and remained unharmed.
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US Insurance Companies offer "Active Shooter Liability" to schools, which pay up to $250,000 per victim
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Americans are almost four times more likely to die falling off a ladder than by an active shooter (300 vs 85)
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Run BEFORE hiding in an active shooter situation
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In 2012, the FBI released a video offering tips for surviving an Active Shooter Event
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In Canada in 2014, a highly trained good guy with a gun took down an active shooter in the Canadian parliament. His gun was in a lock box when the incident began.
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You aren't supposed to get under a desk in an active shooter situation. Had a threat at work and found this article while everyone was in lock down.
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A Sheriff's Office detective, had drafted an affidavit for a search warrant of one of the Columbine shooter's residence a year before the shootings, based on his previous investigation of Harris's website and activities, but it was never used.
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There are three times more active shooter situations in the US today than in 2000
Why active shooters?
You can easily fact check 13 reasons why active shooter by examining the linked well-known sources.
US Insurance Companies offer "Active Shooter Liability" to schools, which pay up to $250,000 per victim
An FBI report into 160 active shooter incidents in the United States found that on only one occasion did a citizen with a licensed firearm (who wasn't an armed security guard) intervene and stop/kill the shooter. That is 0.62%. - source
The FBI has civilian guidelines for surviving an active shooter incident. - source
Unarmed college student Jon Meis single-handedly tackled and subdued an active school shooter, possibly saving several lives
