When Seconds Count

Every minute the officer waits for back-up, another three or more people could die.

In other words, while it was once considered suicide for a lone officer to take on an active killer, it is now considered statistical homicide for him not to do so...

Many malls and workplaces also place signs at their entrances prohibiting firearms on the premises.

Now tacticians believe the signs themselves may be an invitation to the active killers.

It's nothing short of amazing to see this coming from ABC/Scripps, of all places. On the one hand, it's about damn time, but I don't want to take anything away from reporter Brendan Keefe for getting this information into the mainstream. I also appreciate the comparison between precautions taken for fires vs for active defense--that's a point that could be explored a lot further.

This is what we need to hammer home:

As soon as they're confronted by any armed resistance, the shooters typically turn the gun on themselves.

Any armed resistance.

[Via Fat White Man and David Hamel]