Active shooter

INTRODUCTION: Many local government officials may not see planning as a priority, and even more often they do not believe that disasters will affect their communities. Often those officials see the training needed for an effective emergency management plan as an expensive and believe that the costs associated with training and planning outweigh the benefit of the end result (Petak, 1985; Condrey, 2010). However, proper emergency planning will enhance effective implementation during disaster…

By having firearms on campus we are at risk at having another University of Austin or Virginia Tech incident. Supporters of the open carry argue that in the case of an active shooter on campus the students and faculty armed with a permit to carry a handgun can protect the lives of many. Which is true to an extent, but many shooters are normally not only armed with assault weapons but also an array of mental issues and internal problems. In the view of this, I’ve started my research on the topic…

analyzing the data, the CDC found that “93.5 percent of the shooters were male; five students used two firearms each; 26.8 percent of the shooters committed suicide; 69.1 percent of the shooters perpetrated a homicide; and of those homicides, 15.6 percent of shooters killed multiple people (Gabrow and Rose). According to Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit organization that advocates for gun control, “in more than half of the incidents, the shooters intentionally injured or killed at least one…

Bonath said, “and we are probably one of the better response times.” Bonath said the new campus carry policy could make his job harder and easier. “In two minutes, an active shooter has probably already killed multiple people, so there is your dilemma,” Bonath said. The University…

In the book This Is Where It Ends Marieke Nijkamp, writes about the terrifying fifty four minute Opportunity High School experiences an active shooter situation. This book was published by Sourcebooks Fire in Naperville, Illinois on January 5th 2016. This book is intense, face paced and easy to read, but I would not select this book to be offered to seniors in our classroom library due to the sensitive subjects covered and the reading level it offers. This Is Where It Ends is written in 4…

Personality characteristics of shooters became of interest because of the high death toll and types of victims involved in the occurrences of mass casualty incidents since the Columbine High School shootings in 1999. Vossekuil (2002) analysed thirty-seven incidents of targeted school violence in which he found common characteristic in the profiles of the offenders among the incidents. Like (author), Vossekuil (2002) identified that all of the attackers were males, and 95% of them were current…

unknowingly either threaten or encourage their attackers”. This defines the current topic for this week’s discussion exponentially. On 12 May 2017, Police Chief Steven Eric Disario, from a small town in Kirkersville, Ohio, responds to a call of an active shooter situation in a rural nursing home. The suspect Thomas Hartless, shot former girlfriend, Marlina Medrano, a nurse, and Cindy Krantzat, a nurse's aide (“Kirkersville Police Chief”, May 2017). Once Chief Disario responded to the call, the…

However, in today’s age, this is not a guarantee due to the unpredictable nature of some individuals. With that being said, sitting next to someone possibly carrying a concealed weapon is not a comforting thought either. While a handgun could end an active shooting situation, the conceal carry permit should be prohibited on college campuses and universities because students lack sufficient training on how to handle and shoot a gun and do not always have a sound mindset making it unsafe for all.…

history. This tragic event has enlightened law enforcement agencies and emergency planners to the surreal risk of an innovative mass shooter. Until the Las Vegas shooting, only a handful of other gunman have take perches in elevated positions to target civilians. A notorious shooting has not happened in a similar manner for decades, so preparing for an elevated shooter was not on the top of law enforcements precautions. On the ground at the event, they had multiple police officers, security…

children to school it is supposed to be a safe place with no worries. Any more with all of the shootings and violence using well trained teachers and faculty, would have the potential to minimize casualties in school shootings and possibly detour shooters due to not know who or how many teachers or faculty are carrying a…