Posted on 07/06/2022 8:38:34 AM PDT by MtnClimber
A physician and preparedness advocate discusses ways to decrease your chances of becoming a victim.
On July 4, 2022, parade spectators in Highland Park, Illinois were exposed to an active shooter. This time, it was a 120-pound, 22-year-old man who calls himself "Awake the rapper." Dressed in women's clothing, he fired more than 70 rounds into the crowd from a nearby rooftop. When the perpetrator was done, 7 were dead and 38 injured. The event caused a dozen nearby municipalities to cancel fireworks displays due to the tragedy and concerns about further shootings.
Is there a way to increase the level of safety when attending concerts, parades, and other events? As a medical preparedness advocate, I've written a lot about situational awareness: a calm vigilance that allows citizens to identify "anomalies" that may signal imminent violence. That mindset will serve you well in these troubled times.
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1. Always remain in a state of "Yellow Alert." Yellow alert simply means staying calm and being aware of your surroundings and the people around you. When people are behaving strangely, take note, move away, and avoid them.
2. Always mentally map out routes of escape in your vicinity. Where's the nearest side street? Is there a building or subway entrance that will get you out of harm's way? If you don't know the immediate area, go to where you know the lay of the land.
3. If you have to make your way through or remain in a crowd, stay on the fringes. The best seats at a concert may be in the center, but they also give you the least mobility. If something happens, you'll be caught in the midst of masses of people surging away from the violence. If you are, the crowd is deciding your movements, not you.
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I’d be all for rolling them out with a hot asphalt roller: Feet first and really slow.
Exactly. You will save lives by returning fire and forcing the shooter to take cover or flee.
Then you have to hope the room temperature IQ police don’t come along and kill you for fighting back...a very real possibility in Illinois.
“Sad when we have to live our lives in a constant state of yellow alert. I grew up with no alert level being necessary.” [DoodleDawg, post 5]
There has been no time in human history when it was OK to relax from a state of “yellow alert.” Pining for some bygone “golden age” when conditions were idyllic won’t accomplish anything; such an age never existed.
To live is to have enemies.
The best any of us can achieve is to find a locale where there is low probability of violence with little warning, and go there.
Oh I know.
I have given that some thought.
But I like to live dangerously.
Who’s got time for all that? Quickly shoot him dead while “resisting arrest” and don’t publish his name or any other details anywhere. With a certain death and no chance at notoriety, these incidents will rapidly decrease.
I remember America before liberal ideas turned it into a hellhole...
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6. Be inconspicuous. This may be difficult if you’re 6 foot, 7 inches tall, but otherwise, do your best to be “the gray man.” You might not know whom the shooter is targeting, but don’t be the only one wearing a Day-Glo orange shirt.
7. Wear sneakers or other footwear that will allow you the most mobility. Only foolhardy reporters wear high heels to a parade.
8. That said, don’t run if you can help it. Unless everyone else is running, you will attract unwanted attention. Walk fast and purposefully around a corner, to higher ground, or another safe spot.
9. If you’re with friends, stay together. If you can’t, agree on a meeting place beforehand in case you get separated moving through the crowd.
10. Avoid being caught against walls, fences, blockades, or other solid objects. People can get crushed by masses of people fleeing the area.
11. If law enforcement arrives, stay out of their way. Their job is tough enough, and they won’t be able to hear you above the roar of the crowd.
12. If you’re going to be in a crowd for the day, you might need more than a folding chair and a picnic lunch. Consider carrying a small medical kit (say, a tourniquet and a compression bandage) that can help control bleeding. With a little knowledge and training, you might just save a life.
I used to say that it’s unlikely you’ll ever get caught in someone’s violent outburst. These days, however, I’m no longer so sure. Having a solid plan of action in these troubled times just makes common sense.
In this fallen world, we have ALWAYS had to live our lives in Condition Yellow. Yellow means “aware and prepared”. Condition White(ish) is for when you’re sleeping. Even when sleeping, you should be prepared (place secured, weapon(s) and comm(s) readily available).
why not go straight to death?
Exactly-—Return Fire!
Find where the police officers are hiding because you know they are not going to be anywhere that they might get hurt or be able to stop the shooter.
A. Don’t be in crowd.
B. If you are, stay behind other people.😎
It’s unconstitutional.
Do not shoot back. Just hide behind your protection detail.
I tell everyone I know that wherever you are, whatever you are doing. you need to have a plan.
From TV interviews it sounds like most of the people there couldn’t distinguish between gun fire and fireworks.
Ping
CARRY!
So you CAN SHOOT BACK!
“Just show the shooter the “Guns Not Allowed” sign... that’ll stop him right in his tracks!”
It’s a dirty shame the stool specimen wasn’t aware of Ordinance No. 68-13, Amending Chapter 134 of the Highland Park code of 1968, Section three, Section 134.010. Bans “assault weapons” and “large capacity magazines”.
“SHOOT BACK!”
Be like Deputy Clyde in the movie “Unforgiven”. When asked why he carried 3 pistols when he only had one arm, his answer was, “I just don’t want to get killed for lack of shootin back”.
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