First 30 Seconds: The Active Shooter Problem Paperback – June 22, 2025

America has been failing for over 40 years at understanding, planning for, and responding to Active Shooter attacks. So, we continue to see attacks end in high victim-counts. America fails because we:- do not base plans on TIME & MATH- like plans that are easy to type, easy to drill, and do not “trigger” anyone- recommend and adopt “best practices” that are not best- adopt plans that work flawlessly every day there is no attack, but fail during attacks- desperately want a non-violent solution to an extremely violent problem- allow emotions and political agendas to distract usThe author served as an active-duty US Army officer for over 20 years. Throughout this career, planning to give and receive deadly violence was a common, required task. Ten days after his Army retirement, he began teaching public high school, where violence was never allowed, discussed, or planned for. He was STUNNED when school leaders told him the school’s planned response during an Active Shooter attack was to gather in groups and wait to see if the killer or cops got to you first.This experience started his study of the Active Shooter problem. This book is about what he found.Read Ed’s no-nonsense, blunt analysis of the Active Shooter problem. Using TIME & MATH analysis, he clearly shows the ONLY response that has a high expectation of minimizing victims in future attacks.This is UNLIKE any discussion of the Active Shooter problem you have heard from any source. It disproves MANY long-held myths and assumptions, including that we should rely on RUN HIDE FIGHT, Lockdown Drills, and 911 response. It is a wake-up call for America, the “leaders” of our schools, churches, and businesses, and our elected officials.America has failed at this for 40+ years. It’s time to end the failure."Ed Monk is today'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." -- Massad Ayoob Read more