Exactly Dick, these situations are called "Active Shooter" situations and we train for it.
Remember guys (Ghost & Shoot) this is a concept, a concept that guide the precepts of training. If you are simply satisfied with dealing with the drunk at the bar than boxing or MMA or Karate will do you just fine but in America the bar fight is the number one murder scenario. People think the number one murder scenario in America is a gang hit on a drug dealer competitor but it is actually the fist fight at the bar where Johnny walks out of the bathroom to find Joe on top of his cousin Frank and then Johnny sticks a knife in Joe’s back or Frank decides he has had enough and pulls a pistol form his waistband and blasts Joe in the face with it.
But most “bar fights” are avoidable because they are usually “ego” driven not crime driven which happens less often but just as dangerous and walking away or using verbal de-escalation techniques are not likely to work with the criminal predator.
If you can deal with the criminal predator you can certainly manage the drunk. But just because you can manage the drunk doesn’t mean you can deal with the criminal predator.
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