Oh yea, we had the HEAVY rubber bands. Paper clips were sometimes used as projectiles, but never at people, just metal wastebaskets.
Back in the “olden” days I was trying to get a spit wad to stick to a blackboard while the nun had her back to the class. She did a quick turn on me (they had eyes in the back of their heads)and I caught her in the middle of her habit.
No calling the police at my school, hell it would have been a blessing. Got the crap kicked out of me on the spot by one angry penguin.
Yeah, I did the same thing using those large jumbo paper clips with big rubber bands. I became very proficient in my accuracy. I could hit light standards on the freeway while going sixty mph. (No, I wasn’t driving.) We also shot at those metal wastebaskets. When struck it made quite a clang.