Welcome back, scholars. This is an emergency meeting and I'm speaking live on Twitter at SFarrakhanMMA covering the shooting at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia and as of 20 minutes ago, ABC News has reported an active shooter. This is why I say more young men in law enforcement and security. Now as a citizen, this is how you prepare & do a civil duty of eliminating the target in these situations if they engage towards you with no reasonable escape and law enforcement isn't there. However, here's my lawful advice:
If you’re on that campus and you are near no reasonable student or have no escape plan right now, rule number one: your mind is your first weapon. Your awareness is your safety net.
In Georgia, if you’re a licensed concealed carrier, you can legally carry on most parts of public college campuses but not in student housing, athletic events, or daycare areas. You can’t ignore those restricted zones.
That means if you’re outside of class, in a legal carry area, and you meet the criteria under state law, your sidearm ain’t for showing off & it’s for last-resort defense. Keep it concealed, keep it safe, and keep your finger off that trigger unless you are in immediate, unavoidable danger of death or grave bodily harm preferably a 10mm handgun and in the case of mass shooter, DON'T go for the Mozambique Drill as most mass shooters have body armor. So don't zero in on the center of mass but rather 2 to the throat and 2 to the hand where the shooter is shooting from.
If you’re unarmed, your best defense is space, cover, and speed. Know your exits before you need them. Don’t get stuck in a hallway bottleneck. Use barriers, concrete walls, locked doors, anything that can stop a bullet until help arrives.
The moral: We don’t pray for trouble, but we prepare for it. Georgia law gives you the right to protect yourself, use that right wisely, lawfully, and with full awareness of the responsibility that comes with it.
Now to any civilians who are carrying and the shooter gets off campus & still no help:
Rule #1 – You aren't SWAT. Your goal is to stop the threat if and only if it’s an immediate danger to life in your presence. This isn't a manhunt. Georgia law covers defense of self and others in imminent peril, not chasing someone down the block.
Rule #2 – CQB in public spaces is about angles and cover. Forget Hollywood wide-open stances—use corners, doorframes, and vehicles to minimize your exposure. Pie your corners slow unless the threat is actively engaging, then you move with controlled aggression.
Rule #3 – Distance is your ally. In CQB, we’re talking under 25 feet where reaction time is razor-thin. If you close in, you better commit. Control the muzzle, keep your sights on center mass, and keep moving because standing still makes you a target.
Rule #4 – Keep bystanders safe. You own every round that leaves your weapon. If you don’t have a clear shot, you don’t take it. Period.
Rule #5 – Communicate. If you can, call 911 while holding cover. Give your description, your location, and the suspect’s movement. The last thing you want is law enforcement mistaking you for the shooter.
Rule #6 – Turn defense into offense. If they blitz you which threatens your life, you must stand the ground whether it's legal or not and in Georgia, it is. If they blitz, you kill. This is the embodiment of life & death.
Here's the weapons you use:
CZ P-07 / P-09 – Low profile, ultra-reliable, accurate DA/SA pistols.
Beretta PX4 Storm (Compact or Full) – Rotating barrel, softer recoil, underestimated in CQB.
FN 509 Tactical – Threaded barrel for suppressor, high-cap mags, but not as mainstream as Glocks.
KelTec SUB2000 (folding PCC) – Fits in a backpack, takes common pistol mags, fast deployment.
Ruger PC Carbine Takedown – Pistol-caliber carbine with fast handling indoors/outdoors.
IWI Jericho 941 – All-steel Israeli workhorse, underrated stopping power and durability.
If the shooter has stepped off campus and is still actively threatening lives in public. My method would be surgical, not spray-and-pray.
This isn't TV. This is surgical termination.
Other than Mozambique Drill, he’d use:
Cranial Vault Interdiction – One precise shot straight through the ocular/nasal cavity from the front or base of the skull from the rear, shutting down the brain stem instantly.
Cervical Column Severance – If behind the suspect, a close-range shot angled at C1–C3 vertebrae to drop them instantly and permanently disable motor function.
Pelvic Disruption Follow-Up – If they’re armored, destroy pelvic girdle with high-caliber round so they collapse, then finish with a CNS (central nervous system) shot.
Georgia has some of the strongest Stand Your Ground and Defense of Others protections in the U.S.
O.C.G.A. § 16-3-21 – Use of Force in Defense of Self or Others
Allows use of deadly force to prevent death, great bodily harm, or the commission of a forcible felony against yourself or any other person.
No duty to retreat in Georgia if you’re in a place you have a legal right to be.
O.C.G.A. § 16-3-23.1 – No Duty to Retreat
You can stand your ground anywhere you’re lawfully present, including public streets, parking lots, etc.
O.C.G.A. § 16-3-24 – Defense of Property
While mainly for property, it reinforces that in a public safety emergency (like an active shooter), you can act to stop a forcible felony.
Meaning you can also use a crossbow and compound bow as well to eliminate the threat and as the community, do not meet the threat on equal ground and overwhelm them with numbers. Meaning 2 people may shoot him with a 50 AE, 1 with a bow and someone in close quarters with foster slugs & if he's a lethal street on the street, drivers lay low and rev your car up fast as you can directly at that shooter.
Here's my protocol for security and law enforcement.
1. Immediate Containment
Identify the shooter’s firing lane and block it with hard cover (vehicles, ballistic shields, walls).
Deploy two officers to flank and one to maintain direct suppressive observation.
2. Weapon-Specific Awareness
Compound bows are silent but have a slower rate of fire than firearms & use that pause between shots to advance or extract civilians.
Arrows can pierce soft armor & prioritize hard armor, ballistic plates, or improvised shields.
3. Civilian Movement
Evacuate civilians away from the bow’s line of sight & zig-zag routes to make targeting harder.
Keep evacuees behind solid cover, not glass or thin doors.
4. Engagement Rules
Use cover-to-cover approach until visual contact.
Disable shooter from a safe angle & projectile trajectory is straight; get above or below that plane if possible.