active shooter stats

[ACP]

I was just looking through the FBI's 2014 active shooter stats report, thought I'd summarize a few salient points:

67% of incidents ended before police arrived

Where a time frame could be determined (in about a third of the 160 incidents), 70 percent were over within 5 minutes, and about half of those within 2 minutes

99% involved a single shooter

95% involved male shooters

40% of shooters committed suicide

45% of shootings took place at a public or private place of business (but only 4% at malls), 25% at schools/colleges, 15% at 'open spaces', 10% at government buildings/facilities

In just a handful of cases did civilians get involved; most unarmed civilians tackled the shooter; one had a CCW; armed security got involved in a few others.

Here's the link:

http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2014/september/fbi-releases-study-on-active-shooter-incidents

 

[RBid]

The number of people who have the choice to carry (constitutional or licensed), exercise it, and also answer the call when it comes is small. There is a very low chance that one of these people will be present at the same time and place where lightning strikes.

There is also the matter of criteria required before classification as an active shooter scenario. We have no idea how many of these events could have happened without early intervention.

The most valuable take aways we have are:

1. Citizens often do get involved.

2. Carrying gives a person more options, should the need to intervene arise.

 

[Warp]

 

[Double Naught Spy]

There is also the matter of criteria required before classification as an active shooter scenario.

Instead of looking at the summary, it might be better to look in the actual study where the definition is stated.

http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/201...r-incidents-in-the-u.s.-between-2000-and-2013

We have no idea how many of these events could have happened without early intervention.

??? You mean, "...would have happened if early intervention had not stopped them"?

That is true, but if stopped before they became such an event, then they aren't such an event. However, the stats reflect what has happened in such events that did occur.

Sadly, the study seems to have missed the shooting on the square in Tyler, Texas where Mark Wilson responded and was killed after exchanging shots with the shooter.