What would you do in case of an active shooter in your classroom/school?

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Our school had a lockout that wasn’t a drill. It was announced on the intercom but the slight mistake in the ladies voice made it sound like she said ‘lockdown’. At that moment I thought it was a shooter and my heart was pounding against my chest. I thought “This is it, this is really happening. This is when I die.” Thankfully the teacher told us that it was a lockout and that we were freaking out over nothing.

This raises the question, In case of an active shooter in your classroom or school what is the best action to take? What will you do in this situation?

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  • TerriAngel
    5 years ago

    There is no easy answer.
    But minimize yourself as a target.
    If you are upright.
    If you are upright and running.
    You're a target.
    Find a place to hide if possible.
    At the very least, play dead.

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  • dirtybirdy
    5 years ago

    Peck their mothafrekkin eyes out. Caw!!!!

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    • RoseIsabella
      5 years ago

      ... and then poop on them.

      https://youtu.be/EgR_bS-pZDE
      🐈

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    • CozmoWank
      5 years ago

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woLQI8X2R6Y

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    • Cuntsiclestick
      5 years ago

      But what about your talons? Those can rip opponents to shreds.

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  • [Old Memory]
    5 years ago

    How would you be able to do that without getting shot though?

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  • BleedingPain
    5 years ago

    Our schooling system has become a huge joke! We’re feeding kids a ton of inaccurate information, giving insane ammounts of stress, and fear of shooters.

    I remember when hearing the fire alarm meant either a student pulled the alarm for fun, or “the popcorn in the microwave” set it off! Now shit’s real!

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    • [Old Memory]
      5 years ago

      If shooting weren’t happening every other day they wouldn’t have to make kids fearful. But it’s needed now sadly.

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  • lordofopinions
    5 years ago

    I firmly believe that all teachers and school staff should armed and properly trained with training on stalking and taking out the shooter. Background checks and psychological tests would have to be done of course to avoid the possibility of a shooter from within. I am quite sure this would deter most shooters from even trying knowing there are armed people that will shoot back.

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    • IrishPotato
      5 years ago

      Or, you know. Ban guns.

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      • lordofopinions
        5 years ago

        We know how well banning guns work. It's like the idiots that create "gun free zones". They work just as well. NOT!

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        • IrishPotato
          5 years ago

          Really? Because last time I checked the country with the most school shootings happens to be America. Here in Holland and various other European countries, it's either never or barely happened.

          So yea, it does work and I do know how well making them illegal altogether works.

          The gun free zone thing is irrelevant. You can still go to a store and buy a gun. It's still readily available. Parents of kids will mostly have a gun too.

          They don't have them here and school shootings so happen to be non existent. Coincidence? I really think not.

          Besides that, you people do NOT need a gun. Get your tinfoil hats off please.

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          • CozmoWank
            5 years ago

            Hahaha really?
            Population of Holland-17.02 million
            Population of US - 325.7 million

            We have more more births, more deaths, more cases of cancer, more heart attacks, more car accidents just because we have far more people. If we reduced our population from 325.7 million to 17.02 we would naturally have less shootings so your comparison is pretty hollow.

            If you go by per capita, one is more likely to be killed in a mass shooting in France where their gun laws are far more restrictive than the US.

            We also have grizzly bears, black bears, cougars, boars, javelinas, wolves, coyotes, badgers, wolverines, feral dogs, and feral hogs. Are there many of those in Holland?

            Most police officers you speak to here regarding the matter are in favor of private gun ownership and they always give the same reason - They can't be everywhere in a moments notice.

            Maybe if holland had more guns they wouldn't have been over run by Nazis in WW2.

            Don't need a gun? Tell that to anyone who has used a gun to stop a rape, murder, or any type of attack from human or animal. You are very naive. No one needs a fire extinguisher or a police officer until...you know, they actually do.

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          • lordofopinions
            5 years ago

            Do you realize what disarming a country like America would be? It's impossible. There are more guns than people and there are millions of unregistered guns as well. The problem has gone past the point of no return.

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            • IrishPotato
              5 years ago

              It's a shame. :(

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    • factcheck
      5 years ago

      Considering most shooters kill themselves, there's no reason whatsoever to think they'll be at all deterred by knowing that there is somebody who will shoot back. All that does is make the teachers and staff a target.

      And even if it did deter a mass shooter, the number of accidental deaths and intentional murders would greatly outnumber the lives saved.

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      • hypebeast
        5 years ago

        First of all, remember the shooter at that lgbt club in Florida? He was going to go on a killing spree at Disneyworld but saw an armed sheriff and drove to the club. Secondly, if there’s going to be intentional murders caused by the armed teachers, why don’t we ever see school shootings caused by teachers? The media with their “ban guns” agenda won’t tell you what the actual statistics of shootings are. Like did you ever hear about the Oregon mall shooting? One person with a concealed carry permit pulled a weapon and didn’t even fire, yet the shooter ran into a closet and killed themself. Never made the mainstream news really, and I didn’t see any articles past a week about that recent shooting where the sheriff killed the shooter before he could kill anyone, and even knowing that there’s trained people with guns will stop school shootings imo. Even if it’s like the Air Marshal program where it’s almost at random, this will deter possible shooters. Most of these people are doing it for attention or to make a statement and if they know someone is going to shoot them dead as soon as they drew I feel like that would be a deterrent. Evil people are going to find ways to kill people no matter what your solution is and I think we all know that rubber batons isn’t going to work to stop a shooter or anyone with serious intent to take lives. And I don’t claim to know where your morals stand but if one school shooting is prevented by armed staff isn’t it worth it to stop that one shooter?

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      • CozmoWank
        5 years ago

        Ever notice most of these shootings happen in gun free zones?

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  • curious-bunny
    5 years ago

    Easy avoid the rooms that have the lights turned off. Go in a closet of one of tge rooms that have the lights on. Or just open a window and leave. Or break said window and leave. Easy peasy. The school drills are beyond stupid on that stuff. Oh and of cpurse i would be swearing out the giverment for gavung it illegal for law abiding citizens to be armed in such locations. Cause then i wouldnt have to go through that bullshit.

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  • JellyBeanBandit
    5 years ago

    Jesus I can't believe I just read that from someone in a first world country. There'd be a riot if even that much happened in my country. I've thought about it before but just as an idle daydream. If there's absolutely no escape route or decent hiding place then strategically I think it would be best to hide around a corner or a door, tackle them to the floor and hold down their trigger finger to unload their gun. Once their gun is empty some others could help you knock him unconscious, or you just run. Of course I'm not saying I'd actually do any of that, you'd need to be super hero levels of brave for that. Realistically I'd just lose my mind in a blind panic like the vast majority of people would.

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  • [Old Memory]
    5 years ago

    Hide. I would try to find a space low to the ground but away from any doors or windows. Then keep very quiet and don’t move at all.

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  • IrishPotato
    5 years ago

    I don't know and I don't need to know. I don't live in that horrible country (USA).

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  • MasterChives
    5 years ago

    Ah what?! You guys and gals got this ALL wrong. Let me tell you how to react if a gunman who burst into a classroom.

    *Gunman runs in*

    Gunman: Im going to kill you all!

    Chives: No, I disagree

    *Gunman targets Chives first*

    Chives: Shit im dying..

    ….

    Fuck..

    Ok ok second try.

    *Gunman runs in*

    Gunman: Im going to kill you all!

    Chives: Now hold on right there good sir! Don’t you think this could be resolved over a good game of chess?

    Gunman: Are you being fucking serious im going to kill you!

    Chives: Now now let me just take out life insur..

    *gunman kills Chives first*

    …..

    Oh come ON!!

    *Gunman runs in*

    Gunman: Im going to kill you all!

    Chives: Well I seemed to have shit myself

    Gunman: You’ll be dead so don’t dwell on it

    Chives: Ah, I see you are a man of action, good show!

    *Gunman laughs*

    Gunman: Ok that was pretty fucking funny

    Chives: Thank you so want to talk

    Gunman: Hmm, NO

    *Gunman shoots Chives first*

    Chives: Well bollocks…

    …..

    Ok, final try..

    *Gunman runs in*

    Gunman: Im going to kill you all!

    Chives: Oh that sounds like a bad idea but its your life

    Gunman: Glad you think so Ill start with you first then!

    Chives: Shit

    *Gunman.. shoots Chives first*

    NOPE cant be done…. Or can it?? ONE MORE GO AROUND!

    *Gunman runs in*

    Gunman: Im going to kill you all!

    Chives: WAIT wait..

    Gunman: Any last words asshole?!

    Chives: Well yes, um why am I in school, I am a British man and ive never been to America.. also I am nearly 30 years of age. Cheerio you crazy kids all the best!

    *Chives uses teleportation that he learned when he reached 21*

    HA.. got em!

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  • leggs91200
    5 years ago

    I have been out for years but if i were still in school, my only thought during a shooting would be, "Hopefully someone I hate gets shot".

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  • RoseIsabella
    5 years ago

    ... and then poop on them!

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  • howaminotmyself
    5 years ago

    Follow the instructions. Lock the door with the special lock, cover the window, turn off lights, get on floor, be quiet, wait for instructions.

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  • [Old Memory]
    5 years ago

    So I’m a coward because I’m a woman and I don’t own a gun?
    You realize I’m not anti gun right? I just simply don’t own one.

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  • EnglishLad
    5 years ago

    I'd die.

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  • hypebeast
    5 years ago

    I live in a very redneck state and at our local high school almost every truck you see has a gun rack in the back. It’s a rather large school but we’ve never had any threats or such the closest we’ve had is a kid lighting a trash can on fire while welding in metal shop. Is there something different in other states? Is it the possible shooters knowing almost anyone could run out to their truck and grab a gun to kill them with? If it’s something about the school system we sure as heck better find it soon

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  • [Old Memory]
    5 years ago

    Me too, but I don’t have a gun.

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  • TerriAngel
    5 years ago

    BTW for all of you
    " I'm not in school crowd "
    It doesn't just happen in schools.
    It happens in
    shopping malls.
    Movie theatres.
    Concerts.
    Outdoor gatherings.
    Your gun will save you?
    Really.
    Try hitting the vegas shooter if you had been in the crowd.
    He's 2 story's up with an AR.
    You're on the ground in a panicked crowd, with your pistol.
    You have, 16 shots?
    He has hundreds.
    Good luck.

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    • hypebeast
      5 years ago

      What if the person in the room next to him had been armed with a gun?

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    • CozmoWank
      5 years ago

      Throw your hands in the air and run around yelling "the sky is falling, the sky is falling."

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      • factcheck
        5 years ago

        That'll do just as much good as the mythological "good guy with a gun" that just so happens to have never worked, anywhere, ever.

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        • CozmoWank
          5 years ago

          And monkeys fly from your butt.

          https://www.washingtontimes.com/multimedia/collection/good-guy-gun-stopped-bad-guy-gun/

          https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/24/us/oklahoma-city-shooting/index.html

          http://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/379415-pavlich-a-good-guy-with-a-gun-stops-a-school-shooting

          https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/10/03/do-civilians-with-guns-ever-stop-mass-shootings/?utm_term=.697aaf8e837d

          -We apologize for this interruption and return you now to your previously scheduled fantasy.-

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    • TheOneTrueStranger
      5 years ago

      An AR-15 only holds up to 20 rounds. Also, if you want a fair assessment of whom would win then you would first need to identify the handheld firearm (pistol) the person on the ground is using. I would guess that the person is a civilian so they would most likely be handling the Colt M1911 which fires .45 ACP and will hit not only heavier, but faster than the AR-15 and will neutralize the threat handling said AR-15 who is 2 stories up before the threat is able to maximize the damage and/or deaths.

      However, safety is bot guaranteed for either party.

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  • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
    5 years ago

    theres no reason i can thank of where id be in a school

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    • McBean
      5 years ago

      Y'alls could be givin a special gun safety presentation to the kids in the hunting and fishing class.

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  • Cuntsiclestick
    5 years ago

    I honestly wouldn't know what I'd do since I've never dealt with a shooter.

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  • Lemblue
    5 years ago

    Run

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    • lordofopinions
      5 years ago

      Running is the worst thing to do. All you're doing is making yourself a really good target. You might as well have a neon sign on your back. Hiding and keeping quiet is your best chance.

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      • Lemblue
        5 years ago

        I’ll take my chances! I’m getting the fuck out of there!

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        • IrishPotato
          5 years ago

          You're a disgusting paedophile Lem

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        • lordofopinions
          5 years ago

          That is a good idea if the way is clear. But if the shooter is coming down the hall.....

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  • Dan13309
    5 years ago

    Get out of the school if you can otherwise if your stuck in a class room Get away from the door stand beside it out of sight with a chair in hand and if you see the gun come through the door opening swing that chair over his/her gun/arm then continue over his/her head, body, legs, face.

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  • CozmoWank
    5 years ago

    I'd shoot back.

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    • lordofopinions
      5 years ago

      A great solution if you're packing. :)

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      • CozmoWank
        5 years ago

        ...or you could find a person who was against arming teachers and use them as a human shield...or shove them in the hallway as a distraction so you can run the other way.

        But that might be just wrong.

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        • lordofopinions
          5 years ago

          Not really. It removes one more idiot from the gene pool.

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  • RoseIsabella
    5 years ago

    I dunno, I've never been in that situation. I hope it wouldn't freak me out too much. I think they've had that sort of thing at Lone Star College where I took some classes last year, but I don't know if it was at my campus or not. I miss Texas!

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