Active resistance is of vital importance in shooting incidents. It may be defined as ' fighting back with any objects of opportunity', meaning chairs, books, desks etc.
However, this approach is often not enough, especially if there are more than two shooters. The goal of active resistance is to incapacitate the shooter/shooters before the police or law enforcement officers arrive on the crime scene. Therefore, many schools offer specific programs to teach students how to react in such situations. Some of them are called Run-Hide-Fight, and include such practices as recognizing the threat, communicating the threat efficiently and escaping from the threat using all available means.
