{"id":119265,"date":"2026-10-16T08:45:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T13:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=119265"},"modified":"2026-10-16T10:01:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:01:54","slug":"119265","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=119265","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.&#8221; is once more proven true.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/First-30-Seconds-Shooter-Problem-ebook\/dp\/B0FG1L2VFQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First 30 Seconds: The Active Shooter Problem<\/a><br \/>\nby Ed Monk<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71lNzicpB5L._SL1500_.jpg\" width=\"394\" height=\"630\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Ed Monk is today&#8217;s leading expert on thwarting mass murderers. His recommended strategy is by far the most effective, as proven in cases where the defenders did what Monk suggested.<\/em>&#8221; &#8212; Massad Ayoob<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The basic tenet of Mr Monk&#8217;s solution is simple;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;Fighting back quickly gives the best chance of a low victim-count. Fighting back without a gun has often worked. Fighting back with a gun has almost always worked.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.&#8221; is once more proven true. First 30 Seconds: The Active Shooter Problem by Ed Monk &#8220;Ed Monk is today&#8217;s leading expert on thwarting mass murderers. His recommended strategy is by far the most effective, as proven in cases where the defenders did what Monk suggested.&#8221; &#8212; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=119265\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,29,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-safety","category-self-defense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119266,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119265\/revisions\/119266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}