We did the “active shooter training” at JB Andrews 2 weeks ago. They list the following responses: 1. Run away 2. Hide 3. Fight.
I also cringe when I hear “active shooter”!
At least those options give some flexibility. Truth is you won’t know the circumstance and a default shelter in place is not the right answer most of the time and in fact is often the worst answer. Sometimes, maybe.
Shelter in place is really designed to protect the responding forces whose rules of engagement are usually exceptionally loose — way more generous than what our armed forces have to deal with.
Thanks for your service.
and I say let our People carry.
“Shelter in place is really designed to protect the responding forces whose rules of engagement are usually exceptionally loose”
You are EXACTLY right. In fact, the trainer told us, “we’ll eventually get there, and when we do, do us a favor and put your hands up, walk slowly and do what we tell you to, ‘cuz we don’t know if you’re a bad guy”.