On the one hand, sure, having planned and trained and practiced for how to respond to being attacked with mass-casualty weapons will help more people survive those events. I find that entirely believable and even likely. And yes, those events do happen.
However, they happen very, very rarely. I'm pretty sure that most Americans who don't intentionally enter a risky profession (police, military, firefighting) will never experience a single one. And I really do not want us all to be taught that we need to be constantly scared, looking for where attackers or safe places might be. That's what people with PTSD do, and when you're not actually in a situation of imminent danger it is not healthy - there are reasons why it's called posttraumatic stress DISORDER. I don't think our society benefits by teaching us all to behave like people with PTSD, even if it does save a few lives every year.
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On the one hand, sure, having planned and trained and practiced for how to respond to being attacked with mass-casualty weapons will help more people survive those events. I find that entirely believable and even likely. And yes, those events do happen.
However, they happen very, very rarely. I'm pretty sure that most Americans who don't intentionally enter a risky profession (police, military, firefighting) will never experience a single one. And I really do not want us all to be taught that we need to be constantly scared, looking for where attackers or safe places might be. That's what people with PTSD do, and when you're not actually in a situation of imminent danger it is not healthy - there are reasons why it's called posttraumatic stress DISORDER. I don't think our society benefits by teaching us all to behave like people with PTSD, even if it does save a few lives every year.