I_Am_Weasel: I don't like any of those options.  I need more.

Masturbate furiously?

What about waving my arms around, screaming, and pissing myself?

/multitasker

Nice to have some national media coverage on this. For far too long, what was missing was the emphasis on 'run the fark away'. It was hard to work against the 'lock-downs are the only legit technique we teach' to something more reasonable.

So you can have: Run Hide Fight
Or
Get Out, Hide Out, Take Out (my favourite)
Or
Some other variant.

/getting a kick, etc...

Ehh: What about waving my arms around, screaming, and pissing myself?

/multitasker

Strip naked and run around in circles screaming the lyrics to "Walking on Sunshine" at the top of your lungs. You could piss yourself at the same if you are so inclined.

And once we ban all guns, the government will issue you all special edition sporks, jab works better than slash.

If I'm ever caught in a crossfire, I'm going to act like a rabbit.  Most people like rabbits.

I_Am_Weasel
I don't like any of those options. I need more.

Well, since fleeing, hiding and fighting were all covered in the headline, we're pretty much down to
"wait in plain sight for the shooter to pump you full of bullets, hoping to save the others by making the shooter run out of ammo"

You guys could always poop and vomit on yourselves.  I hear that makes you a less attractive target.

I've been informed by libs that cowering defenseless in a corner is the best action against someone shooting a gun at you.  Under no circumstances should you perform the action that has gotten all of the mass shooters to stop or commit suicide, arrive with a gun.

The more you know...

Molavian: You guys could always poop and vomit on yourselves.  I hear that makes you a less attractive target.

I think that applies to rape,  not to shooting someone.

The N S stands for "No shiat", so the whole phrase would read "No shiat, Sherlock!"  This is a common response of by-standers when an obvious fact is stated.

Silly Jesus: Molavian: You guys could always poop and vomit on yourselves.  I hear that makes you a less attractive target.

I think that applies to rape,  not to shooting someone.

Damn, that usually costs extra.

Silly Jesus: I've been informed by libs that cowering defenseless in a corner is the best action against someone shooting a gun at you.  Under no circumstances should you perform the action that has gotten all of the mass shooters to stop or commit suicide, arrive with a gun.

The more you know...

Because the surest way to limit the body count is to have people return fire.
Because it never goes wrong. Especially when the shooters have extensive training..


Oh wait

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/nyregion/bystanders-shooting-wounds - caused-by-the-police.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0">http://www.nytimes.com /2012/08/26/nyregion/bystanders-shooting-wounds- caused-by-the-police.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

But you know, us libs are just silly folks. You, trying to limit gunfire around kids.

wow, fark mangled that hyperlink

Ennuipoet: I am no gun nut, but I was taught in the cop school that cover and concealment were the first rules of not being killed during a shootout.

"Concealment", aka how not to be seen.

vygramul: Silly Jesus: I've been informed by libs that cowering defenseless in a corner is the best action against someone shooting a gun at you.  Under no circumstances should you perform the action that has gotten all of the mass shooters to stop or commit suicide, arrive with a gun.

The more you know...

That lacks only the virtue of being true. I mean, listening to you talk is about as informative as listening to Diane Feinstein talk about guns. Well done.

You must not read many Fark gun threads.

OMG THERE WOULD BE CROSSFIRE!  WE CAN'T HAVE PEOPLE SHOOTING BACK AT AN ARMED ATTACKER!

Publikwerks: Silly Jesus: I've been informed by libs that cowering defenseless in a corner is the best action against someone shooting a gun at you.  Under no circumstances should you perform the action that has gotten all of the mass shooters to stop or commit suicide, arrive with a gun.

The more you know...

Because the surest way to limit the body count is to have people return fire.
Because it never goes wrong. Especially when the shooters have extensive training..


Oh wait

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/nyregion/bystanders-shooting-wounds - caused-by-the-police.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0">http://www.nytimes.com /2012/08/26/nyregion/bystanders-shooting-wounds- caused-by-the-police.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

But you know, us libs are just silly folks. You, trying to limit gunfire around kids.

So the best defense against an active shooter is to cower?  These cowards either leave or commit suicide once they hear the sirens approaching.  If someone was returning fire they would be shot / flee / off themselves.  Even if someone returning fire hit an innocent person, the cessation of the original shooter would more than make up for it.  Either that or everyone could just cower in a corner like the Newtown kids until the cops show up several minutes later.

serial_crusher: What happens if the dude tries to shoot up a swimming pool inside of a gun free zone?  Can't fight back without your gun, running is strictly not allowed around the pool, and there's not really anywhere to hide at a pool

That's why I only swim with fat kids.

This has been part of the Active Shooter training I've received for at least 2 years.  Before then they've never encouraged you to fight back.  Now they do.

I like how the lib advocating cowering (publicwerks) links to an article about cops shooting up bystanders- not armed citizens shooting bystanders.
So tell me again why we should limit gun ownership to the police only.

I remember hearing something on NPR where they were talking to a guy who confronted a mass shooter in a mall. He didn't stop him, but they said after he disrupted the guy by confronting him the guy changed up his tactic and holed up in a store instead which effectively ended it. They said that now police are recommending that the most important you can do is disrupt the attacker's pattern, which is why instead of waiting for backup at school events and setting a perimeter they now just breach ASAP.

If a lib was in a movie theater that was actively being shot up and laying on the floor next to a guy that said "damn, just my luck, the one day I didn't carry my gun", the lib would actually be thankful that he'd forgotten it.  I just can't understand that.

"I'm being shot at, good thing I and everyone around me is defenseless!"

Lib brains should be studied.

BigLuca: serial_crusher: What happens if the dude tries to shoot up a swimming pool inside of a gun free zone?  Can't fight back without your gun, running is strictly not allowed around the pool, and there's not really anywhere to hide at a pool

That's why I only swim with fat kids.

Mythbusters tested this. Just go underwater a few feet and hope the shooter wastes his ammo before you come up. Bullets lose all their energy very rapidly in water. Any bullet, rifle or handgun.

skozlaw: I remember hearing something on NPR where they were talking to a guy who confronted a mass shooter in a mall. He didn't stop him, but they said after he disrupted the guy by confronting him the guy changed up his tactic and holed up in a store instead which effectively ended it. They said that now police are recommending that the most important you can do is disrupt the attacker's pattern, which is why instead of waiting for backup at school events and setting a perimeter they now just breach ASAP.

There's been a few times, to my profit, that I've interrupted someone's plan with my own counter action.

Once some tough looking kids were clearly following me (whilst driving), and after I was sure of it, I stomped on the brakes and pulled onto the shoulder of a busy road. They pulled to the side as if following me through a turn- but there was no turn; and they pulled back onto the road and drove off without stopping.
The other time my wife's employer was obviously setting up to fire my pregnant wife after their busy season was done. So I wrote a letter to them (which my wife passed on as her writing) accusing her supervisor of unlawfully discriminating against a pregnant woman, and got us a $4k payoff to shut up and go away for good.
So yeah , good tactic. Mess up your opponents plan.
/CSB

Publikwerks: Silly Jesus: I've been informed by libs that cowering defenseless in a corner is the best action against someone shooting a gun at you.  Under no circumstances should you perform the action that has gotten all of the mass shooters to stop or commit suicide, arrive with a gun.

The more you know...

Because the surest way to limit the body count is to have people return fire.
Because it never goes wrong. Especially when the shooters have extensive training..


Oh wait

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/nyregion/bystanders-shooting-wounds - caused-by-the-police.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0">http://www.nytimes.com /2012/08/26/nyregion/bystanders-shooting-wounds- caused-by-the-police.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

But you know, us libs are just silly folks. You, trying to limit gunfire around kids.

Which is exactly why you should leave the heroics to the police. They've trained for this sort of thing, you know.

serial_crusher: What happens if the dude tries to shoot up a swimming pool inside of a gun free zone?  Can't fight back without your gun, running is strictly not allowed around the pool, and there's not really anywhere to hide at a pool

I would call a "time out," form a a commitee, and get a consensus, and only then proceed.