JFC ... WaPo is trying to normalize mass shootings

[Nevilledog]

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How to stay safe in a mass shooting, and overcome the fear they create

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/07/06/mass-shooting-safety/

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https://archive.ph/PFxyP

Recent mass killings in Highland Park, Ill., Uvalde, Tex. and Buffalo have proved that such violence — while rare — is growing more common, and can happen anywhere, at any time.

Even for those not caught in the crossfire, hearing about such shootings can be deeply frightening.

That grim reality of the recent large-scale killings, and the ongoing epidemic of gun violence in many American cities, raises two questions: What to do in the still-unlikely event you find yourself someplace where an armed person has opened fire? And how can you keep from being paralyzed by the possibility of that happening?

Be aware of the environment, and how to escape

In a 2017 piece headlined “How to protect yourself during a mass shooting,” security expert Ed Hinman wrote of the important of “advancing” a location, whether it be a public setting or an organized event.

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[Mme. Defarge]

1. F*CK THAT!!!

I say boycott all public gatherings until public safety is addressed and assured and our right to public assembly is restored and protected!!!!!

[comradebillyboy]

2. Sadly, mass shootings have become normal. nt

[LenaBaby61]

3. Almost all of these so-called liberal newspapers aren't LIBERAL ....

I don't read the NY Times save for a few good journalists left there, and now am starting to sour on the Post as well, except for a few great journalists still there like Eugene Robinson.

Sad that I have to read overseas online newspapers and scout out other news sources other than most of them to read about what's happening in my OWN county.

[intheflow]

4. No. This is a PSA.

We've heard stories from Highland Park where kids helped the adults when the firing opened up because they all had had Active Shooter Survival Training. And as fucked up as that is, thank God they had that training or maybe the carnage would have been even worse. So many adults are in denial. I've been fighting for FIVE YEARS at my workplace to get ASST, but the Director's Office thinks it will unnecessarily scare employees. Meanwhile, I had a decade of ASST before this job, and spend too much time worrying about Run, Hide, Fight because we have no plan where I am now. (Edited to add, I work in a public place that these psychos love to target.)

NOT normalizing. PREPARING. Shootings are normal now. Work like hell to get sensible gun laws in place, and at the same time, be prepared.

[FSogol]

12. Agreed. Adults might not know what to do during an active shooter drill, but your kids and

grandkids might already know. They're been practicing these drills in schools for 10 years or so around here.

[Behind the Aegis]

5. I don't see it as "normalization" but rather dealing with a grim new reality...for some.

Some of the advice given is things minorities have known for a while, at least some of us.

[hlthe2b]

6. Since the Aurora theater shooting, I've done all that wherever I go. In fact, I've only been

in a movie theater a handful of times since, always in smaller communities and off-hours, rather than the packed ones of Denver metro. COVID pretty much ended much time in other crowded venues, even outdoors, but I'm always cognizant of my surroundings. A few years back we had (still) unsolved shootings on I-25 in Northern Colorado and a few with the same MO in surrounding communities. That had me subconsciously looking at the surroundings on my long walks on the bike paths and trails to note ditches or other "cover." The latter would have been previously observed for more common concerns (including what to do if caught out during an unexpected lightning storm), but more foremost in mind given the shootings.

I think the "normalization process" for many began before. It is a coping mechanism. The only sense of control we still have. I think it is mostly subconscious, but the thoughts (planning) are there.

[Novara]

7. That's not normalizing it. Sadly, it's accepting reality and trying to help people survive.

Because this is where we are now.

[betsuni]

8. What does "normalize" mean?

[Aussie105]

9. Port Arthur, Australia, 1996.

It was a mass shooting in which 35 people were killed and 23 others were wounded.
It was a mentally disturbed person. He got 35 life sentences.

And laws were passed.

New Zealand: more recently, 2019.

Firearms 51 killed and 49 injured.
Needless to say, it was a mentally disturbed person.

And laws were passed.

I'm in Australia. My chances of walking into gun store to buy an AR-15 are non existent.

I like it like that. The gun IS the mental illness. Why would I want one?

But you know the score by now America, toughen up your gun laws, or put up with the carnage.

[USALiberal]

10. So you don't want people to be prepared for a shooting situation?? Nt

[Torchlight]

11. lol ok nt

[USALiberal]

13. Lanternwaste, your back!!!!