"How To Survive A Mass Shooting"

[ColesCountyDem]

How To Survive A Mass Shooting

Wes Siler
Filed to: SURVIVAL 8/27/15 3:24pm

As a kid, fire drills taught you fire safety. And you haven’t been killed by a fire. Your parents trained similarly for nuclear war. With 248 mass shootings in US in the 238 days of 2015, it’s time we began treating those the same way. This is how.

That statistic is drawn from ShootingTracker.com, a community-sourced tracking tool. “The old FBI definition of Mass Murder (not even the most recent one) is four or more people murdered in one event,” the site’s creators explain of what makes it different from law enforcement-sourced numbers. “It is only logical that a Mass Shooting is four or more people shot in one event.”

This is not just another article meant to scare you. I write about adventure travel in the outdoors and, through that, I live a life of managed risk. I’ve rescued myself and saved the lives of others. I’m able to do all that because I try to learn everything I can about the risks I face, learn how to overcome them, and then approach any potentially dangerous situation prepared for it both mentally and physically. And that’s why I’m writing this article. Like any reasonable person, the prospect of being caught up in a mass shooting terrifies me. It’s not how I want to go out, personally, and I’d also like to find substantial advice to give to my loved ones.

This article isn’t going to focus on shooting back or the politics around guns. Most people don’t carry them every day, and that’s who this article is for: most people. Neither will we consider the implications of why these shootings occur; instead we’ll simply focus on what you and I can do to survive them. This is a practical guide, not an attempt to cover the mass shooting topic comprehensively....

More: http://indefinitelywild.gizmodo.com/how-to-survive-a-mass-shooting-1726863100?utm_source=recirculation&utm_medium=recirculation&utm_campaign=fridayAM

[ColesCountyDem]

1. Kick for the evening crowd. n/t

[CTyankee]

2. well, that's what we've come to. Is anybody surprised? Really?

[ColesCountyDem]

3. Sad, isn't it?

Sigh....

[CTyankee]

4. The NRA lobby in Washington has overcome the wishes of the AMerican people.

It's insurmountable at this point.

I don't know what to do...

[ColesCountyDem]

5. The NRA has become a malignant entity.

I'm old enough to remember when the NRA was all about gun safety, responsibility and education. I, too, have no idea what to do.

[GGJohn]

8. Except that's not true.

Poll Finds That More Americans Back Gun Rights Than Stronger Controls



Two years after the mass school shooting in Newtown, Conn., a majority of Americans say it is more important to protect the right of Americans to own guns than for the government to limit access to firearms, a Pew Research Center survey conducted this month found.

The center said that it was the first time in two decades of its surveys on attitudes about firearms that a majority of Americans had expressed more support for gun ownership rights than for gun control.

Fifty-two percent of respondents said it was more important to protect gun ownership rights, and 46 percent said the priority should be controlled access to firearms.

In a 2000 Pew survey, 29 percent chose gun rights over gun control, and in a 2013 survey conducted a month after the Newtown shooting, 45 percent favored gun rights.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/12/us/gun-control-gun-rights-pew-survey.html?_r=0

The trend is for more firearms rights, not restrictions.

[smirkymonkey]

11. Yeah, it's sad. At first I was like "Hey, great advice"

but then I thought about how tragic it is that this is our daily reality in this country.

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. big universities have shooter drills..since Virginia tech shooting

Basically you hide under your desk

[Syzygy321]

7. Informative article.

Dying in a mass shooting still strikes me as about as likely as being in a plane crash or getting bitten by a shark. It's worth reading an article but not worth worrying about.

If you wanna up your life expectancy, please remember that smart money favors the cheap-and-unglamorous basics: buckle your seatbelt, take your blood pressure medicine, and don't do stupid shit while drunk.

[Snobblevitch]

9. I wonder why

the definition of "mass shooting" was changed from four to three murder victims.

[CTyankee]

10. why does that even matter?

what is your concern?

[Eleanors38]

13. Maybe someone wanted to pump up the volume. In the interest of science, you know.

[Eleanors38]

12. "It is only logical..."

to see what the data was for the New Mass Shooting definition Before the New Mass Shooting definition; like what what were the numbers three, five, seven years ago? Drop in rate, rise in rate? How many were institutional (schools, malls, office bldgs), and how many were domestic? How many were gang-related shootings?

Such information -- if the "How to Survive..." instruction is to be taken seriously -- would be invaluable. Example: If most "mass shootings" in your vicinity take place in certain neighborhoods, and you don't live there, then the instruction is don't go there.

IMO, the creation of the New "Mass Shooting" def. is in fact a way to pump up the volume on a homicide rate at stubbornly low levels, "Mass" having the same dog whistle effect as "Agenda" has for Far-Right politicians and media, or "White male racists" has for others.