FBI Report on Active Shooter Incidents 2016 and 2017

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High Power
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FBI Report on Active Shooter Incidents 2016 and 2017

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The FBI focused only on 50 active shooter incidents. Here is their criteria for defining an active shooter incident. Emphasis is mine:
As with past FBI active shooter-related publications, this report does not encompass all gun-related situations. Rather, it focuses on a specific type of shooting situation. The FBI defines an active shooter as one or more individuals actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area. Implicit in this definition is the shooter’s use of one or more firearms. The active aspect of the definition inherently implies that both law enforcement personnel and citizens have the potential to affect the outcome of the event based upon their responses to the situation.
From page 5 of the report:
In four incidents, citizens possessing valid firearms permits successfully stopped the shooter. In two incidents, citizens exchanged gunfire with the shooter. In two incidents, the citizens held theshooter at gunpoint until law enforcement arrived. In one incident, a citizen possessing a valid firearms permit exchanged gunfire with the shooter,causing the shooter to flee to another scene and continue shooting.
From the conclusion on page 8 of the report. Emphasis is mine:
Armed and unarmed citizens engaged the shooter in 10 incidents. They safely and successfully ended the shootings in eight of those incidents. Their selfless actions likely saved many lives.
The enhanced threat posed by active shooters and the swiftness with which active shooter incidents unfold support the importance of preparation by law enforcement officers and citizens alike.
You can read and/or download the entire report here:

https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/act ... 7.pdf/view

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Re: FBI Report on Active Shooter Incidents 2016 and 2017

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Here's another take on the FBI data:

Armed Citizens Are Successful 94% Of The Time At Active Shooter Events [FBI]

This article was updated on 10/28/18.
After seeing John Lott from the Crime Prevention Research Center publish a rebuttal to a recent FBI report on Active Shooter events I decided to dive deeper into the data and do some analysis of my own. WARNING, this is a long article/report with a lot of images but I am confident it is worth your time!
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