ACTICVE SHOOTER TRAINING COMPLETED

[Airgator0470]

Just an update to my training credentials. Last week I attended and successfully completed the Active Shooter Threat Instructor Training Program at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) located in Glynco, Georgia. Thus... I am now a certified Active Shooter Threat Response Instructor... hoot....hoot.

While much of the training does have a "law enforcement sensitivity" aspect to it, there are some limited applications/techniques suitable for inclusion in the classes I offer.

If you work in the public domain, whether it be an office complex (small or large), mall, restaurant, or school... ask your employer if there is an active shooter response protocol in place. If not, I'd be more than happy to assist your employer in assessing your workplace, identifying needs, and developing a response plan.

Active shooter incidents are a reality... it's no longer a matter of IF... it's now become a matter of WHEN/WHERE.

A good video to watch...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VcSwejU2D0

[0utlaw]

I'm supposed to hide under my desk and throw a stapler at the shooter, I seen the DOJ training video

[Airgator0470]

I'm supposed to hide under my desk and throw a stapler at the shooter, I seen the DOJ training video

Lol... I'll fight... I'm sure you would to. Better to ask for forgiveness than permission right? Of course then you have employers and their so called gun free zones...

[BlueBronco]

I'm supposed to hide under my desk and throw a stapler at the shooter, I seen the DOJ training video

Ditto. Except I am required to lock my .357 SIG in the vehicle in order to hide under a desk and not fight back unless I am singled out. Then I am supposed to fight back vigorously with a pair of dull scissors or a stapler. I am so thankful they sent those videos out to the universities.

[YankeeFingergasm]

Excellent news sir.

[0utlaw]

The way I look at it if they ever find out (for sure) that I have a gun they will probably be over that gun free work zone thing by then and most likely wish they had violated the rule too.

[HarleyBrent]

The way I look at it if they ever find out (for sure) that I have a gun they will probably be over that gun free work zone thing by then and most likely wish they had violated the rule too.

Yes... Sir...

[OscarMike1127]

I noticed that nowhere in the video did it say "use your concealed firearm if you have one". It's a shame that even in the face of all these tragedies that we still have "gun free zones" in workplaces. My workplace unfortunately is one of those zones as well. When faced with an active shooter, my plan is to sprint to the car in the parking lot and retrieve the trusty Glock.

[0utlaw]

My plan is to end the threat, then confess to my long term chronic disregard for their GFZ at work.

[Parsons project]

If my (only) firearm is in my car and I can get to my car, chances are I will not be going back into the threat zone. If the gunman comes back outside in the open, i will be waiting. Hate to say it, but there is not a soul I work with that I would go back in for. If they chose not to arm themselves, NOT MY PROBLEM. Just like a fire, if I make it out, I am not going back in, not after I have made a way for me to be safe and see my family again. Sux, but that's just the way it is.