PA Bill Number: HB2663
Title: Providing for older adults protective services; and making a repeal.
Description: Providing for older adults protective services; and making a repeal. ...
Last Action: Referred to AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES
Last Action Date: Nov 19, 2024
What Would You Do If a Gunman Opened Fire In a Public Place? :: 08/12/2014
Strategies to save your life: Mass-shooting incidents, while a rare occurrence, have increased in the years since the infamous Columbine High School tragedy in 1999.
Studies by law enforcement also have shown a marked change in how mass shootings typically unfold, notably the movement of the shooter within and between locations, engaging in indiscriminate deadly violence to innocent bystanders. This scenario, whether a criminal or terrorist undertaking, has been labeled the active shooter phenomenon. 
Typically, the shooter is willing to die.
NEW POLICE RESPONSE
The traditional police response to mass-shooting incidents had been one of containment -- establishing a perimeter, possible negotiation and possible forcible entry by highly trained Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) personnel. But this response has been proved ineffective in dealing with a "hit and run" attack on large numbers of people in multiple locations.
A new law-enforcement response has been developed that focuses on confronting the active shooter(s). First responders are currently trained to go directly after the shooters, temporarily bypassing injured victims. This aggressive police response places survivors at additional risk during the assault.
HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF
The nature of these shootings requires us all to... CLICK HERE FOR MORE!!
