Feet Don’t Fail Me Now and How Not To Get Shot

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Even though violent crime and specifically, shootings are on the rise the odds are good that you’ll never be shot at. But if you could learn simple methods to handle shootings, just in case, in about five minutes, wouldn’t you take the time? Continue reading for that five-minute training that could save your life.

I’ve been shot at, robbed at gunpoint and also, almost strangled to death as a child. Call me lucky! Actually, you could call me lucky because I survived them all. I’ve also been trained in official ways to survive on the street and while I’m still breathing, I’ll be giving my advice to those interested.

If you’re unarmed and untrained in close quarter survival, there’s actually four simple and straight forward ways to defend against a shooting. I’ll start my list with the one that no one seems to talk much about, but on my list, it’s the foundation of how not to get shot.

  1. Avoidance. If you have a child, one of the best ways to figure out if he or she is apt to become a victim of crime is to see who their friends are. If their friends are wild, commit crimes (serious or petty), are ruffians or bully types your child is more likely to become a VICTIM of crime. This is because they’re in a world where bad is all around them. This is a fact and the same goes for us. If we hang out in bad areas or with bad people we’re more likely to become victims of crime. Avoid these people and places and cut your chances of being a crime victim, drastically. Sounds simplistic but it’s true and some people don’t know what can await them in a wild lifestyle, until sadly, they’re toes up in a morgue.
  • Running and Movement. If you are about to be shot or are actually being shot at one of the single best ways to survive is movement. Immediately, and by immediately I mean explode out of the gate with your first movement and never slow down while running away from the shooter, in an erratic manner. Run to the left, right and perhaps even duck and roll until you’re out of danger. If you can’t get away and you’re stuck, let’s say in an enclosed area and can’t seem to get out, keep running and keep moving. I’ve seen a video of someone being repeatedly shot at from about a foot away and the victim kept moving erratically and he survived. Move until the shooter runs out of ammo or help arrives. If that means running like a mouse on an exercise wheel, so be it. Movement can save your life. It’s hard to shoot a moving target even for trained experts and most emotionally enraged killers are not expert marksman.  
  • Cover. Cover means getting behind something solid that will stop bullets from getting through to you. Most people think that cheap wooden doors or a sofa are suitable cover. They’re not. Steel, concrete, water, packed earth, and thick wood are resources for cover. At your place of employment, large items like a copy machine or a refrigerated vending machine would be good places for cover. Vehicles are good behind the engine block and wheels. Other options for cover are a freezer full of frozen items, thick steel doors, behind steel garbage dumpsters (effective against most handgun rounds), brick fireplaces, cast iron wood-burners and concrete walls. If you’re discovered while taking cover and the shooter is coming toward you, immediately utilize explosive movement and start running like the wind.
  • Concealment. Good concealment conceals you from the shooter and it must hide you completely. Areas like thick bushes, cars, shadows, fabric, closed window blinds and closed doors can work well. Again, if you’ve been spotted and the shooters is about to blast away, immediately utilize movement to avoid being shot.

know what to do, do it well, and . . . survive.

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Steve's the bestselling author of 'Protect Your Kids! The Simple Keys to Children's Safety and Survival'. He's written many articles on a wide variety of topics and has three published books. Steve's a three-time survivor of violence in his youth, a former police supervisor and a graduate of The Police Executive Leadership College (PELC) and was also an award winning part-time college Criminal Justice instructor. For several years, Steve did written and radio political and current event commentary and was the former host of the long running 'The Kovacs Perspective' Internet radio and TV talk show. Steve presently owns a small businesses in Ohio--The Mayfield Academy of Self-Defense.

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