{"id":40,"date":"2013-04-12T06:41:42","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T13:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hofman.org\/?p=40"},"modified":"2013-04-13T23:02:05","modified_gmt":"2013-04-14T06:02:05","slug":"can-average-citizens-really-save-lives-in-active-shooter-situations-heres-what-experts-found-theblaze-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/?p=40","title":{"rendered":"Can Average Citizens Really Save Lives in Active-Shooter Situations? Here\u2019s What Experts Found | TheBlaze.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"google\",\"pinterest\",\"linkedin\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"harryhofman\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"Can%20Average%20Citizens%20Really%20Save%20Lives%20in%20Active-Shooter%20Situations%3F%20Here%E2%80%99s%20What%20Experts%20Found%20%7C%20TheBlaze.com\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div>Apr. 8, 2013 8:39am<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/blog\/author\/billyhallowell\">Billy Hallowell<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Photo Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Should citizens defend themselves \u2014 or remain passive \u2014 during active shooter situations?<\/p>\n<p>This is a controversial query that has been asked and revisited in light of recent mass shootings.\u00a0And the question also spawned nation-wide discussion, once again, after a video being touted by law enforcement agencies across the country emerged earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The clip, entitled, \u201cRun. Hide. Fight,\u201d features a\u00a0reenactment\u00a0of an emergency situation and tips for\u00a0decisive\u00a0action.\u00a0Originally produced by the Houston Police Department, the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/2013\/01\/02\/have-you-seen-the-graphic-mass-shooting-reenactment-video-being-promoted-by-the-state-of-alabama-plus-how-is-the-media-getting-the-story-wrong\">video\u00a0showed victims<\/a>actively engaging and fighting against a fictional perpetrator.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"&lt;&lt;Read the entire article here.&gt;&gt;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/2013\/04\/08\/can-average-citizens-really-save-lives-in-active-shooter-situations-heres-what-the-experts-found\/\" target=\"_blank\">&lt;&lt;Read the entire article here.&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most striking part of the research findings came when Dr. Blair and his associates studied survival rates at Virginia Tech. While in two classrooms students and teachers tried to hide or play dead after the killer entered the room, most of these individuals were killed.<\/p>\n<p>But in a third classroom where professor and Holocaustsurvivor Liviu Librescu told students to jump from the second story window as he held the door to keep the shooter out, those in the room fared much better. The professor perished, but many survived.And in yet another classroom where a desk was placed against the door, every person lived.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe take-home message is that you\u2019re not helpless and the actions you take matter,\u201d Dr. Blair told the Times. \u201cYou can help yourself and certainly buy time for the police to get there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, it seems conventional wisdom has changed, with experts telling average citizens to learn the skills needed to defend themselves in the event of an emergency situation. Read the entire Times report<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/04\/07\/us\/in-a-shift-police-advise-taking-an-active-role-to-counter-mass-attacks.html?pagewanted=1&amp;ref=us&amp;_r=0&amp;pagewanted=all\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Let us know in the comments section.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013All information \u00a9 2013 TheBlaze Inc<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"google\",\"pinterest\",\"linkedin\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"harryhofman\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"Can%20Average%20Citizens%20Really%20Save%20Lives%20in%20Active-Shooter%20Situations%3F%20Here%E2%80%99s%20What%20Experts%20Found%20%7C%20TheBlaze.com\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/ Apr. 8, 2013 8:39amBilly Hallowell Photo Credit: Getty Images Should citizens defend themselves \u2014 or remain passive \u2014 during active shooter situations? This is a controversial query that has been asked and revisited in light of recent mass shootings.\u00a0And the question also spawned nation-wide discussion, once again, after a video being touted by law [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2nd-ammendment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78,"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions\/78"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}