Study: Armed Citizens Often Thwart 'Active Shooter Events'(94% of the time)

[RugersGR8]

https://patriotpost.us/articles/59775-study-armed-citizens-often-thwart-active-shooter-events
Study: Armed Citizens Often Thwart 'Active Shooter Events'
Armed citizens help end or limit the damage during active shooting events 94% of the time.
Political Editors · Dec. 1, 2018

 

[Dave70968]

Sure would've been nice if the article had included links to the study. Even better would have been a link to the source data.

 

[chuter]

That headline is pretty misleading:

So, to get down to the specifics, Paulsen found that 283 events met the FBI’s active shooter classification and of those events an armed citizens was present at 33. He further explained that in those 33 cases, “armed citizens were successful at stopping the active shooter 75.8 percent of the time (25 incidents) and were successful in reducing the loss of life in an additional 18.2 percent (6) of incidents.” By Paulsen’s calculation, that means “armed citizens are successful 94 percent of the time at active shooter events.”

The headline sounds like civilians stop 94% of mass shootings, I was having a hard time buying that.
It's really 94% of the time that armed civilians are present.

 

[Dave70968]

That headline is pretty misleading:


The headline sounds like civilians stop 94% of mass shootings, I was having a hard time buying that.
It's really 94% of the time that armed civilians are present.

Very misleading. I also tracked down the original article; it has a "correction" at the head of the story noting that "the pie charts displayed in the graphics were not proportionally accurate and were designed more with visibility in mind as opposed to an accurate representation."

So...we used misleading headlines and misleading graphics, to the point that the commenters (who probably are pro-gun to begin with) pointed it out. Talk about shooting ourselves in the foot; I wouldn't dare use this as reputable evidence.

 

[TerryMiller]

Yes, it is misleading, however, had it been that more relaxed carry restrictions were in place at the times of those events where no one but the "shooter" had a gun and others at those events had firearms, the larger number of events may have turned out different. While it is misleading, it still leans one's thinking that more firearms in the hands of responsible firearms owners would be good.

 

[dennishoddy]

I think it's true.
I love fist fighting, but when they start hitting me back, I 100% of the time don't want any more.....