Have you thought about what you'd do if confronted with an active shooter?

[joshcryer]

100. Been shot at before, and accosted at gunpoint.

I like to think I will act, but in both cases my flight instinct kicked in. Though, when I was accosted at gunpoint a macho thing kicked in and I wanted to do something about it, if only he was a few feet closer, I think I might've done something stupid.

I think if it was a protracted shooting and I got safely hid away, I'd assess the situation and I think if my adrenalin kicked in (which it almost certainly would) and I had an opportunity that that had acceptable risks, I would act, and try to stop the shooter, even if it meant my own death.

My death would be an acceptable risk, for instance, if the shooter was approaching myself and a room full of innocent people, it might not be if it was just another person with me and I was out of sight or something, I know it sounds callous but I'd do the assessment and figure out what to do.

In any event, it would be wrong to say my first action would be to do something, I would run and hide. It's after the fact where I would make my decision and it would have a risk assessment with it.