It’s a sad and frightening fact of life. Mass shootings continue to occur, and the risk of terror attack on U.S. soil remains serious. Schools, hospitals, places of worship, movie theaters, malls, stadiums, fairs and other public places are all potential targets. No one knows where and when the next attack will occur.
Would you know what to do if the shooting erupts next to you? Would you use your concealed carry weapon to save yourself and others? Do you know how? None of us should ever have to face a violent killer in our lifetime. No one deserves to be a victim. Yet, this type of violence does happen, and it is more commonplace than we would like to believe. Our law enforcement cannot prevent every possible attack, and counting on others to save us does not always work. We must be prepared to take action to save ourselves!

Carry for personal protection

Carrying a gun for personal protection carries with it a great deal of responsibility. In the majority of jurisdictions across the United States, the use of deadly force is justified as a last resort under extreme conditions… when there is reasonable fear of death or grave bodily injury. In general, deadly force is defined as any physical force that a person knows, or should know, to pose a substantial risk of death or serious bodily harm to another person. While law enforcement officers are permitted to use deadly force in certain circumstances when attempting to enforce the law, it is illegal for private citizens to use deadly force unless it meets the specific requirements set out by their state in circumstances of self-defense or defense of another person.
These laws can vary from state to state, but in general, most laws are designed around what’s considered “reasonable and necessary” force based on what the state deems a reasonable person would do under the same circumstances. Anyone who has been in combat or involved in life-and-death situations knows that we undergo significant psychophysiological changes related to the activation of the flight-or-fight mechanism. These autonomic (non-voluntary) reactions of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) result in severe disruption of motoric skills and distortions of our ability to process information (sensory exclusion). Most notably, we will experience target fixation (also known as tunnel vision).

 It’s important to remember that these changes affect everyone involved, including the perpetrator(s). Research has shown that vision provides about 80-percent of the information we process during emergencies. We also know that our field of vision narrows down by about 50-percent when shooting. This phenomenon is further exacerbated in low-light conditions (during which most firefights occur). In other words, the active shooter’s vision will always be impaired during his attack.

During the shooting, they only see the targets in front of them (or in their sights). They have no peripheral vision and cannot perceive anything above, below, behind or on their sides. Neither can they hear anything over the gunfire and screams. This … Read the rest

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