What's a good way to calm down a dangerous situation?

Question

Any effective and safe ways to approach conflict? For example, if someone pulls out a gun immediately or begins to raise his temper, what's a good way to ensure the safety of the individual, yourself, and surrounding community? Thanks in advance. Greetings!!

Not necessarily just if someone pulls out a gun, but life-threating conflict in general.

Answer 1

If a life threatening situation occurs--the best thing to do is to remain calm. It is safer to walk away from conflict than to be a hero. If the chance to walk away is there...just leave the scene. If not....use your best judgement! A person can always say what they would or would not do--but you never know until you are put in a life-threatening position!

Answer 2

It depends on the situation and your role in it.

Here are some ideas that come with no guarantees.

Generally speaking, you will have two opposing sides and first we'll assume that you are not one of the principals in the conflict but have an interest (professional or personal) in keeping the peace. The ideal situation would be one in which A. you were not alone and B. you had some measure of authority. Then your primary goal would be to separate the two factions as much as possible, so you would first call for everyone to settle down and you'd express your intention of sorting things out fairly. Then you would take one of the primary agitators to one side and your partner would take the opposition in the other direction and you would both listen to them rant for a while, neither arguing or disagreeing. Asking questions for clarification often helps - if someone has to stop and think, they're drawing away from the emotion, at least a little. Then, you and your partner get together. Best case scenario - people have calmed down to the point that you and your partner can either achieve or postpone resolution. Otherwise you may have to work longer to get to that point.

If you are in the situation of being an unwilling participant, there are too many variables to go into in depth. The best you can do is try to assess the motivating force behind the aggressor. You might even ask something like "How would you like this situation to be resolved?" You will probably have to speak calmly and rationally, addressing the situation either in terms of appeasing the aggressor or the overall greater good, depending on his/her/their volatility.

Of course you would want to try and avoid this kind of situation as much as possible, but sometimes things happen. And remember - people usually get riled because of some combination of anger, fear and frustration. The most important thing is to acknowledge and validate the feellings while trying to help the person/s step away from emotion toward rationality.

If none of that stuff works, there are always tranquilizer darts.

Answer 3

If you are unarmed and presumably untrained to deal with this sort of situation.... I would say keep your hands at a comfortable, yet visible level, remain calm and rational. Easier said than done. Talk to the person and ask them what they want, if they say to shut up, do it and follow most of their requests. Don't allow yourself to be taken hostage, but don't play hero at the same time. If you can continue to calmly talk to the person and let them know that you don't mean them any harm and want to leave peacefully, keep their attention on you and keep them talking. Hopefully at this point everyone else has had a chance to escape and call the authorities. If you notice any erratic behavior, it may indicate drug use or mental illness, which will be harder to rationalize with the person. NEVER withdraw any weapon or pepper spray, this will cause the situation to escalate immediately and will result in serious injury or possibly a fatality. Many criminals are only looking for attention and someone to listen, the longer you can engage them in conversation, the better the odds that no one will be injured seriously, except maybe the guy with the gun when the Police tackle him. Hope this helps, and hope you never have to use this advice.

Answer 4

Well if you are asking from a police officer's point of view, this is a complex question but I will try to answer. If someone has a gun out the officer will try to seek cover while calmly talking to the person and backing away at the same time, with his gun drawn of course. If someone is just raising their temper then you talk to them in a calm but stern manor. You do all that you can to try and keep the person calm in any situation. You try to let them know you are there to offer your help for whatever is troubling them. Very general question but hope this helps answer what you are needing :-)

Answer 5

Try and diffuse the situation and assess the innocents in the immediate vicinity along with your own safety which should come first by the way.
Order the person to put the gun away,in a calm stern loud voice.Use your training to determine whether or not to use your own weapon,if the person draws a weapon,assume that he/she is going to use that weapon.
Protect yourself and innocent victims from your training at the academy .
If the person complies with your request to withdraw his weapon,secure that individual by ordering him to lay on the ground with his hands away from his body and fingers outstretched so as he to not conceal any hidden weapons that he might have.
Handcuff the individual ,and try and get the situation under control to sort it out once the immediate danger is non existent.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Run? Best thing to do is try to cooperate with him/her. If they are willing to listen try to convince them. If they are just ticked off leave them alone and let them decide. You could make matters much worse telling them what to do. <-This is my view on it...

Answer 8

Act like Curly from the three stooges then run away.

Answer 9

Leave the area and call police. That is what they get paid for.

Answer 10

Pull out your katana and slice him in half