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Charles, excellent post as always. ALERRT is indeed excellent training and I know several officers that have been through it.

The statement "You need to know that if police see you with a gun, there's a high probability that you will be shot.” is a tiresome argument. Law enforcement officers that are against the idea of citizens being armed have used this argument for some time against concealed carry. I can't begin to tell you how many times I've heard this.

When a CHL holder is faced with an active shooter scenario, it's probably not going to be a prolonged shootout. It's more likely to be that the CHL holder, with the element of surprise on their side, takes out the shooter or else falls victim to the shooter. All of this will happen withing the first minute or two of an event, possibly even the initial seconds. Well before any law enforcement will be able to respond.

When I hear this argument, I always ask the person to name an active shooter event that law enforcement has successfully stopped. Until recently (the shooter in Arlington TX at the draw Muhammad event) , there were none that I'm aware of. All the events in recent history were stopped when the shooter decided to take his own life.