survival training
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 3:58 pm
We just did a two-hour training thing at work - the first hour is showing what people did, and why it often doesn't work. A lot of it comes from Duck and Cover, which a school desk wasn't going to save you from radiation but whatever.
The second hour left us feeling empowered, and ready to run at the bad guys. He spent a lot of time on how to barricade the door, and then a lot on taking action after that - running and yelling, grabbing the gun (if the slide won't work on a handgun, only one bullet is coming out), throwing shit at the gunman. Maybe punching a hole through the drywall into the next room and outside - thinking about other exits.
Oh, and my favorite part was at the end when he said, "Don't name the bastards." He never did use their names.
I had read that one of the editors at the Capitol Gazette ran up to the gunman with a trash can in one hand and a recycle bucket in the other, just hollering and waving them around. She died, but at least three people got out because she slowed him down. She had just attended a class like this one. I want to be her.
The second hour left us feeling empowered, and ready to run at the bad guys. He spent a lot of time on how to barricade the door, and then a lot on taking action after that - running and yelling, grabbing the gun (if the slide won't work on a handgun, only one bullet is coming out), throwing shit at the gunman. Maybe punching a hole through the drywall into the next room and outside - thinking about other exits.
Oh, and my favorite part was at the end when he said, "Don't name the bastards." He never did use their names.
I had read that one of the editors at the Capitol Gazette ran up to the gunman with a trash can in one hand and a recycle bucket in the other, just hollering and waving them around. She died, but at least three people got out because she slowed him down. She had just attended a class like this one. I want to be her.