Principal: Let students hurl canned food at intruders

The State ^

[NorthMountain]

This is a high-capacity clip of assault beer:

[refermech]

At least they are entertaining the idea that perhaps they should consider protecting themselves. It’s a small amount of progress.

[FatherofFive]

[Brooklyn Attitude]

In the absence of a defensive firearm, fighting back is better than cowering under a desk waiting to die.

[Does so]

Your “assault can” will likely be chosen, but containing tuna from Samoa, so a Senator’s husband can benefit. :-/

[Delta Dawn]

2) Get shot in the face by assailant

The problem with this line of thinking Mr. SJB, is that once shot in the face, the student would be guilty of being in possession of a bullet while on school grounds. Automatic 10 day suspension with no opportunity of throwing a second can...

[savedbygrace]

"We realize at first this may seem odd; however, it is a practice that would catch an intruder off guard," she wrote in the letter, published by TV station WHNT in Huntsville.

Well not anymore.

[savedbygrace]

A middle school principal in eastern Alabama wants to stockpile cans of food such as corn and peas in classrooms so that students could hurl them as weapons in a last-resort confrontation with a school intruder.

Or, at the ready to throw at each other whenever the teacher leaves the room.

Idiot.

[tacticalogic]

So basically they want the children to bring canned goods to school to be used as weapons, while maintaining a “zero tolerance” policy against students bring weapons to school.

[matt04]

Just wait until a bunch a kids start throwing cans at each other and the principal gets to write a letter why half a dozen ambulances respond to the school.

[MaxMax]

Wow, she may have discovered how to defeat Islam without killing them!
Fun for the whole classroom! WEEeeeeeeeeee

[Dust in the Wind]

If it has not been said, they could just take the box of rocks off his shoulders. Divey them out to the class rooms. I am sure there will be plenty of rocks to throw!

[MaxMax]

Exactly! Now don’t make fun or I’ll smack you with a can of beets.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

But I don’t like Spam!

[Hegemony Cricket]

Well, that idea will work great until the active shooters wise up and get one of these:

[savedbygrace]

Exactly. Exactly.

[Oztrich Boy]

"We realize at first this may seem odd; however, it is a practice that would catch an intruder off guard," she wrote in the letter, published by TV station WHNT in Huntsville

Not now you've told everyone about it.

[sonjay]

Hey, c’mon people, don’t be so quick to reject the idea.

Give peas a chance.

[fungoking]

We were told if our hiding place was compromised prepare to fight until the shooter is incapacitated. Throwing things distracts the shooter. Pounding a fire extinguisher into his skull incapacitates him. Whatever you do, commit 100% to your plan.

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I teach, our training was school shooter based, running was recommended for younger kids.
As a former baseball coach I've always had at least 1 bat in my room that I would use in a worse case scenario.

I'd rather be armed and have others in the building armed, but I think that in the stressful confusion of an intruder shooting situation I'd want those armed to have some training beyond ccw training.

[Larry Lucido]

Legal self-defense projectile.

Deadly weapon. 90 day suspension.