What would you do?

[asterroc]

You're at work or at school, a normal boring day, and you hear gunshots in the hallway outside the door. What would you do?

The gunman in the VA Tech shooting was ID'd as a student from South Korea, an English major. One student in a room he was shooting in survived by playing dead, so he didn't shoot her. She and others in the room then barricaded the door with themselves so he couldn't push through, but he shot through the door. In another classroom they shoved the teacher's desk against the door to block it closed.

What would you do?

Comments

[kadath.livejournal.com]

Upon further consideration, it would probably be better to blind the attacker and foul his weapon with an overcoat (or windbreaker or suit jacket--whatever large piece of cloth is handy), in either situation.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

Ah, good point. Throw something at his face to start to reduce your chance of him targetting you.