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Principal: Let students hurl canned food at intruders
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Posted on 01/13/2015 1:23:43 PM PST by matt04

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.

In a letter Friday, W.F. Burns Middle School Principal Priscella Holley asked parents to have each student bring an 8-ounce canned item.

"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.

"The canned food item could stun the intruder or even knock him out until the police arrive," Holley wrote. "The canned food item will give the students a sense of empowerment to protect themselves and will make them feel secure in case an intruder enters their classroom."

The school is in Valley, Alabama, part of the Chambers County school system.

The letter was sent after school employees received training from Auburn University's Department of Public Safety, Chambers County Schools Superintendent Kelli Hodge told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday.

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To: matt04

” catch an intruder off guard,”
“sense of empowerment”

Uh huh. Sorry, but this is one of the stupidest ideas I’ve ever heard.
The idea, bub, is to keep the attacker away from the kids. Not to try to turn kids into armed guards.

And these people refuse to have armed police at the schools.


61 posted on 01/13/2015 2:07:53 PM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: Brother Cracker

The WMD of canned goods.


62 posted on 01/13/2015 2:09:20 PM PST by Flick Lives ("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
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To: DemforBush
I wonder if I bring a can with a black label,

Likely a Carling and banned from all school grounds.........


63 posted on 01/13/2015 2:10:03 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (I'm a man of no-color and proud of it.)
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To: matt04

For middle schoolers. Hmmmmmm,,, I actually like this idea. And a good supply of crowbars, baseball bats, and ninja stars.

Im thinking a 30 cans of cling peaches clocking you would at least be something to see.


64 posted on 01/13/2015 2:17:06 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: matt04

How STUPID!! What a bunch of absolute idiots!

Get your children out of the public schools (government indoctrination centers) - NOW!


65 posted on 01/13/2015 2:22:21 PM PST by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - a Classical C!hristian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: matt04

maybe they should just feed intruders moochelle obama’s school lunch


66 posted on 01/13/2015 2:23:53 PM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Yo-Yo

LOL! Send him in with a can of lard to grease the threshold


67 posted on 01/13/2015 2:25:22 PM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: SoFloFreeper
See if you like this:


68 posted on 01/13/2015 2:26:18 PM PST by DoughtyOne (The question is Jeb Bush. The answer is NO!)
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To: matt04

Do liberals have any good ideas?

Any at all??????

This is lunacy.....and they are in charge of the education of your children.


69 posted on 01/13/2015 2:30:16 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (Compared to obama, Jimmy Carter looks like Winston Churchill.)
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To: matt04

Don’t bring canned corn to a gun fight.


70 posted on 01/13/2015 2:31:57 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (Compared to obama, Jimmy Carter looks like Winston Churchill.)
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To: matt04
Assault can...


71 posted on 01/13/2015 2:34:33 PM PST by skimbell
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To: Brother Cracker

Perfect!


72 posted on 01/13/2015 2:35:21 PM PST by gogeo (If you are Tea Party, the eGOP does not want you.)
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To: matt04

Never bring creamed corn to a gun fight.


73 posted on 01/13/2015 2:59:22 PM PST by Washi
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To: Brother Cracker

Read my mind, Brutha Cracker.


74 posted on 01/13/2015 3:03:22 PM PST by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: fungoking
I’ve had “Active Shooter” training from my local police. This program was to teach office workers what to do in the event of an active shooter. Believe it or not, throwing things was a strategy of last resort. Obviously getting out quickly is the best. Hiding without being found is next. But once found, throw everything you’ve got.

I've had this "training", too. It's a shame we silly civilians/peasants aren't competent enough to be trained to shoot back as a first resort.

75 posted on 01/13/2015 3:03:40 PM PST by Washi
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To: Brother Cracker

A damn arsenal!


76 posted on 01/13/2015 3:07:32 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: ansel12
but can females throw the cans of corn and Campbell’s soup, as hard as the males?

On average, no. While there are certainly some females capable of throwing a can of green beans harder or farther than some males, the "average male" will be able to hurl a can of beets (or any other, similar object) harder and farther than the "average female". At the highest levels, the most hard-throwing male will almost certainly be able to hurl canned corn harder and farther than the most hard-throwing female.

But you already knew that.

77 posted on 01/13/2015 3:09:00 PM PST by NorthMountain (No longer TEA Party ... I'm the TAF Party)
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To: matt04

How dare we use food as a weapon when there are hungry children in our midst.


78 posted on 01/13/2015 3:09:05 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
Where do we get them?

We get them from the ghetto ... and the left side of the bell curve.

79 posted on 01/13/2015 3:09:41 PM PST by NorthMountain (No longer TEA Party ... I'm the TAF Party)
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To: matt04

When canned food is banned, only criminals will have canned food. And lousy cooks like my exwife.


80 posted on 01/13/2015 3:10:04 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (Obama voters are my enemy. And so are republican voters.)
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