Active shooter training includes instruction to target the pelvic girdle.
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Multiple sources report that firearms and tactical training, including active-shooter-related instruction, teaches pelvic girdle targeting as a secondary or last-resort option, so the claim is supported.
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… Ah, if you shoot me, aim for the head. Proper friend Brandon, known for dick shots. He wants you to stick around and know what you're doing. You didn't tell me about the ball, brother. You're not dickless? Yeah, they teach us that in, uh, active shooter training: pelvic balls. Oh, yea. Oh, dude, hell yeah. We call it pelvic girdle, but pelvic ball too. Yep. Yeah, I mean, it's you can't put a tourniquet on a tank. Yo, I wanna see the math behind that. You put Quick load on it, snuff the shit out of Quick oh, wrong. …
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Supports. Athlon Outdoors' article on stopping an active shooter describes the pelvic girdle as a target of last resort when center mass and the head are unavailable, which indicates it is part of active-shooter-related tactical instruction.[3]
Supports. Officer.com reports that firearms training for some law enforcement officers suggests targeting the pelvic girdle when a center mass shot is not an option.[4]
Supports. A 2026 peer-reviewed note reports that LaGrange Police Department officers were formally trained from 2021 to aim at the pelvic girdle under certain deadly-force conditions.[5]
Supports. Gun Digest and Breach Bang Clear describe drills that include shots to the pelvic girdle as a trained response after chest shots, showing it is a standard part of some armed-response training.[6][7]
Context. The official CISA IS-907.A and FEMA IS-907 active-shooter course materials describe run, hide, and fight guidance without mentioning pelvic-girdle targeting, so the claim is not supported by the official civilian course content.[1][2]
Context. Sources on the pelvic girdle describe it as generally ineffective for rapid incapacitation, but this addresses effectiveness rather than whether it is taught, so it does not contradict the claim.[3][4]
Sources
7 sources: 2 primary, 5 not rated
- 1IS-907.A, Active Shooter: What You Can Docisa.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 2IS907 Active Shooter: What You Can Do - FEMAtraining.fema.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3Tactics for Stopping an Active Shooterathlonoutdoors.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4Pelvic Girdle Shots: Are They Effective Ways to Stop Threats?officer.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5A note on ‘shoot to incapacitate’ deadly force policiestandfonline.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6The Fundamentals of Gunfighting - Gun Digestgundigest.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Shot Placement in Combat Shooting | Breach Bang Clearbreachbangclear.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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