Some 18 year old kid walked into the Chico public library and killed 2 people. The police arrived in only 2 minutes. The shooting was random, the victims did not know their killer.

This response time is extremely low, but in a gun fight, 2 minutes is an eternity, especially when only one person has a gun, and he’s killing innocent bystanders, and shooting at you and your family.

Most police response times are 6-10 minutes. There is no police response time that is short enough should you encounter this situation. Of course, the odds that you’ll ever find yourself in this situation are low, but they’re not zero.