If you find yourself in an active shooter situation, you will be terrified, and rightfully so. However, there is a system you should follow in order to survive it. You may have heard of it. It\u2019s called the run, hide, and fight system.<\/p>\n
The first step, of course, is run. You should never try to confront a shooter immediately – especially if you\u2019re unarmed. You should run far away from that location.<\/p>\n
Bullets can travel far, but the more distance you have between you and the shooter, the harder you\u2019ll be to hit – especially if you get behind buildings and other large objects. Running away gives you the best chance of survival when everything first goes downhill.<\/p>\n
You should note that you should not run directly towards the police when they arrive if they\u2019re firing towards the shooter. Put your hands up so they know you\u2019re not a threat and come talk to them, letting them know about the situation inside.<\/p>\n
If you can\u2019t run, or your exit is blocked, you should then find a good place to hide. Not somewhere where the shooter may look, like under a counter, but maybe in some far off utility closet that can be locked.<\/p>\n
You can also hide in small rooms where you can turn off the lights and be silent, so the shooter assumes it\u2019s an empty room not worth opening.<\/p>\n
As a last resort, there\u2019s always the option to play dead. The shooter won\u2019t want to waste more ammunition than he has to. If you can pretend to be a dead body in the fray of real dead bodies, you can feasibly survive.<\/p>\n
The last option is to fight. Fighting is by no means a fun or good option, but if it\u2019s the only one you have, it\u2019s better than just accepting death. You should have a plan to turn anything into a weapon – scissors, pens, or anything hard.<\/p>\n
Depending on the place you\u2019re in at the time, you may have access to different things, such as corrosive chemicals in a lab or boiling oil in a fast food restaurant. Don\u2019t hesitate to have everyone in the room attack at once in order to create a state of confusion for the shooter.<\/p>\n
If he sees just one person running at him, he\u2019ll likely shoot them. However, if seven people attack him from all directions, he can only focus on one or two at a time before he gets overwhelmed and beaten down. Be brutal with him. Don\u2019t hesitate to make sure he\u2019s dead.<\/p>\n
We all hope and pray that we will never be in a situation like this, but if it were to happen, we should be prepared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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