What Should You Do if You're Threatened by a Mass Murderer? | Cato Institute

What Should You Do if You're Threatened by a Mass Murderer? | Cato Institute: “Of the pre-Columbine rapid mass murders,” he explained, “the average killing time was 11 minutes, (ranging from 2 examples of 4 minutes, to one example of 20 minutes). Among the known times of post-Columbine rapid mass murders, the average time was down to 8 minutes. Now the average killing time is only about 6 minutes.”

"The odds are that an officer won’t be able to stop much if any killing."

"Ron Borsch, with three decades of police experience, has reported many important findings about rapid mass murders. For instance:

Although the overall murder rate declined by about 50 percent since 1980, the annual number of rapid mass murders has nearly quadrupled since Columbine.
A rapid mass murderer’s apparent aim is to kill as many people as possible in a short period of time. Such killers are rarely interested in negotiation.
These killers tend to be cowards, because they generally favor gun-free zones where few, if any people, are likely to resist their attacks with force.
 Most common targets: 41 percent of rapid mass murder attempts occur at educational facilities — 31 percent at K-12 schools, 10 percent at colleges and universities, so killers prefer facing little children rather than big guys.
By comparison, 7 percent of rapid mass murder attempts occur at offices, 6 percent at churches, 5 percent at eating places, 5 percent at malls, 4 percent at factories, 4 percent at government offices, 3 percent at hospitals, 2 percent at grocery stores, 2 percent at post offices and 1 percent at bars and night clubs.
62 percent of rapid mass murder attempts are stopped by civilians on-site– not police based off-site.
76 percent of successful civilian attempts to stop rapid mass murder are initiated by one individual.
About two-thirds of civilians who stop a rapid mass murder attempt are unarmed.
38 percent of rapid mass murder attempts are stopped by police.
73 percent of successful police attempts to stop rapid mass murder are initiated by one individual."

"Governments can’t even keep illegal guns out of jails and prisons where government has more direct control over people than anywhere else."

"Survivors are most likely to be those who take initiative, try to protect themselves and fight if necessary."