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

[sir pball]

134. I take it you OC an AR, then?

A wise man once said “The only purpose for a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should have never laid down.”

Don't currently carry and haven't in a few years, but I like to keep my skills up as best I can; I'm pretty handy with my 1911 and I would only ever even think of engaging to directly protect me or my loved ones if there were no viable retreat options.

A handgun is simply inadequate to counter an active shooter with a long arm (absent counterterror/SpecOps training which I certainly don't have) - it's a close-quarters last-ditch defensive weapon while engaging a shooter is an offensive combat situation. Unless I have a carbine with a holosight, all I'm going to do is keep the shooter in sight as best as possible, move randomly and rapidly at 90-degree angles to him, and find cover as best as possible. And keep myself between him and the missus at all costs.