Surviving a mass shooting

SEAL Steps to Surviving an Active Shooter

Police Response Time to an Active Shooter Incident: Ten minutes and 30 seconds. That's the national average time it takes a police officer to show up at the ...

Increase Your Chances for Surviving a Mass Shooting: RUN, HIDE ...

On April 16, 2007, in what was then the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, 32 people were killed on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, ...

Surviving a mass shooting - ScienceDirect.com

This is in part due to well publicized mass shootings and school shootings in the US, but also increased attention towards gun violence in other countries ...

Survivor Stories - Sandy Hook Promise

Real survivors share how their teenage years were impacted by the trauma of surviving a school shooting. Watch their stories.

Supporting Mass Shooting Survivors: Home

Among the types of firearm violence that are increasing in frequency are public mass shootings. These events have widespread impacts, affecting not only those ...

A retired FBI agent on how to protect yourself during a mass shooting

Katherine Schweit, who created the FBI's active shooter training more than a decade ago, shares insights on how bystanders can respond ...

Surviving a school shooting: Impacts on the mental health ...

Research indicates a higher rate of antidepressant use among those exposed to a school shooting in the years following the gun violence. School shootings lead ...

Attacks in Crowded and Public Spaces | Ready.gov

... mass attack. Types of Mass Attacks. Individuals using firearms to cause mass casualties (active shooter). Individuals using a vehicle to ...

Las Vegas Mass Shooting Survivors Continue to Struggle with Major ...

As the gun violence crisis continues to affect every corner of America—with mass shootings still on the rise and total gun deaths nearly ...

Active Shooter - How to Respond - Homeland Security

Typically, the immediate deployment of law enforcement is required to stop the shooting and mitigate harm to victims. Because active shooter situations are ...

FBI Active Shooter Safety Resources

Recent active shooter incidents have underscored the need for a coordinated response by law enforcement and other first responders to save lives. The FBI is ...

Mass shooting survivors turn to an unlikely place for justice

In a Nashville courtroom in early July, survivors of the 2023 Covenant school shooting celebrated an unusual legal victory. Citing copyright law ...

Help for Victims and Survivors of Gun Violence - Sandy Hook Promise

Mass shootings also have a collective impact on entire communities. Further, there is vicarious trauma from watching these tragedies unfold on the media.

What to Expect in the Wake of Mass Violence - PTSD

We know from the research on mass shootings that the people who were directly involved are likely to have more severe traumatic stress reactions ...

Survivors of mass shootings are left with lifelong wounds - CNN

Those who survive the carnage are faced with not just hospital bills but the lifelong costs of an altered lifestyle.

Supporting Survivors of Public Mass Shootings

Mass casualty incidents, particularly mass shootings, are a serious issue in the United States. These incidents have increased over the past two decades and ...

Supporting Survivors of Mass Public Shootings: Where Do We Begin?

For National Gun Violence Awareness Month, RGVRC Executive Director Jaclyn Schildkraut looks at how we can support survivors of mass public ...

How do you survive a mass shooting? We asked experts for advice

Determining how many homicides were the result of mass shootings or active-shooter incidents depends on how the deaths are counted. The FBI puts ...

I survived a school shooting — March Fourth

Laura Pendleton writes about her experience in a school shooting and why she's getting involved in the fight to ban assault weapons once and for all.

Mass Shootings Leave Lasting Psychological Wounds

Tragedies such as the ones in Uvalde, Tex., and Buffalo, NY, can lead to major depression, PTSD and other lingering mental distress among survivors.