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The chances of being in such a situation are so incredibly small, that training to deal with it is a wasted effort compared to a host of other stuff — e.g., lea

The chances of being in such a situation are so incredibly small, that training to deal with it is a wasted effort compared to a host of other stuff — e.g., learning CPR, taking a course in safely driving in wintery conditions, employing elementary fire safety precautions in the house, etc. Even stimulating people to learn to swim if they haven't already saves way more lives! If you normalize an attack like this to the point that you start training the general populace for its (statistically unlikely) occurrence, you have effectively made terrorism in this form that much more effective.

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nothal 8y ago
I think the fact these attacks are happening regularly all over the world normalizes this already. The odds of you being the victim of a terror attack are low but honestly you don’t need a 15 minute course on tips. Make news distributors run a 2 minute clip on how to effectively maximize your odds of survival during every broadcast coverage of a mass shooting. I think it also changes the narrative in a would be perpetrators mind: if this is about power over others, to some extent others are now prepared to either flee or effectively attack a terrorist en masse.
- estebank 8y ago
  > I think the fact these attacks are happening regularly all over the world normalizes this already. I think you overestimate how common this style of mass shooting are outside of war zones. Even in places where gun violence is high mass shootings are incredibly rare[2]. Between 1966 and 2012 there were 18 mass shootings in the country with the second most count[1]. [1]: https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/03/americas/us-gun-statistics/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/03/americas/us-gun-statistics/in... [2]: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/theres-a-new-global-ranking-of-gun-deaths-heres-where-the-u-s-stands https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/theres-a-new-global-rank...
LinuxBender 8y ago
Some advanced CPR classes actually do cover active-shooter scenario training. I get refreshers every 3 months and full training every year. Ask your CPR training company if they have this available. Not all of them do it.

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nothal 8y ago

I think the fact these attacks are happening regularly all over the world normalizes this already. The odds of you being the victim of a terror attack are low but honestly you don’t need a 15 minute course on tips. Make news distributors run a 2 minute clip on how to effectively maximize your odds of survival during every broadcast coverage of a mass shooting. I think it also changes the narrative in a would be perpetrators mind: if this is about power over others, to some extent others are now prepared to either flee or effectively attack a terrorist en masse.

estebank 8y ago
> I think the fact these attacks are happening regularly all over the world normalizes this already. I think you overestimate how common this style of mass shooting are outside of war zones. Even in places where gun violence is high mass shootings are incredibly rare[2]. Between 1966 and 2012 there were 18 mass shootings in the country with the second most count[1]. [1]: https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/03/americas/us-gun-statistics/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/03/americas/us-gun-statistics/in... [2]: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/theres-a-new-global-ranking-of-gun-deaths-heres-where-the-u-s-stands https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/theres-a-new-global-rank...

LinuxBender 8y ago

Some advanced CPR classes actually do cover active-shooter scenario training. I get refreshers every 3 months and full training every year. Ask your CPR training company if they have this available. Not all of them do it.