What are you doing to prepare for this changing world?

The world seems to be more and more turbulent all the time. At the time of this writing, there had been a mall shooting that was thwarted by someone carrying concealed under constitutional carry.

If you had been in the same place Elisjsha Dicken was in July 2022 at the Indiana Mall. In case, you are not familiar, he stopped a man with an AR that was shooting in the mall. Elisjsha took 10 shots within 15 seconds at 40 yards. If you have not been pistol shooting, that was a hell of a good distance.

But if you had been there, what would you or could you have done? Do you have first aid training to help any victims? Do you carry a bleed out kit? Even just a tourniquet?

Even if you were armed, and did not feel you could have made the shot, maybe you could have gotten closer. Or wait for the opportunity to catch the attacker off guard, and then neutralize them.

Even if you are a concealed carry permitted person, you are not legally required to engage. But with the right training, you have the ability and the option to engage. If you are not a gun person, consider taking a first aid course and or stop the bleed course, and carrying a tourniquet in your pocket. But above all, don’t be a victim.

My perspective of a victim is someone who has no options. If you have options – self defense training, carry a knife or a gun and the willingness to use it, and or first aid training, you are never a victim. You get to choose when and to what level you get involved.

From a practical perspective, the odds of being in an active shooting situation are low. But it is a good drill to at least think through what your actions could or should be. Use this as a heads up, and plan. Some might choose to never leave there house, others might increase their training activities, but .. above all, consider the scenario, and consider what you could or should do. It is much easier in isolation to preplan than to just react to a situation.