While many expressed shock at Michigan State University's recommendations to respond to an active shooter, the advice was developed by the U.S. government.
The primary advice — similar to official government guidance in other Western countries — is that those caught up in a shooting should attempt to flee the scene if possible, or otherwise find a safe place to hide. But a key difference is the advice to confront an attacker.
“When the shooter is at close range and you cannot flee, your chance of survival is much greater if you try to incapacitate him/her,” the Department of Homeland Security says.Those who confront an active shooter should “recruit others to ambush the attacker with makeshift weapons,” advisesguidance to schools
to help them develop emergency plans, DHS says that adults should consider “aggressive force and items in their environment” to disrupt or incapacitate the shooter, but should never be required to confront them. This is a different approach than in Britain, for example, where police guidance released after the deadly 2015 Paris attacks
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