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For Defense Against Active Shooters, Mich. School Hands Out Hockey Pucks
npr.org ^ | 11/28/18 | Emily Sullivan

Posted on 11/28/2018 3:50:55 AM PST by a little elbow grease

Hockey pucks: They're small, heavy and — one Michigan college thinks — might be the perfect weapon against an active shooter on campus.

Oakland University, a public school located in Rochester Hills, near Detroit, is distributing thousands of 94-cent hockey pucks for just that reason.

The distribution, which began earlier this month, stemmed from a March faculty active-shooter training session following February's shooting at a Parkland, Fla., high school that left 17 dead.

A participant at the training asked the Oakland University Police Chief Mark Gordon what items people could use to defend themselves on the campus, which has a no-weapons policy, the Detroit Free Press reports.

A hockey puck was a "spur-of-the-moment idea that seemed to have some merit to it and it kind of caught on," Gordon said.

The faculty union followed up on the idea, purchasing 2,500 hockey pucks: 800 for union members and 1,700 for students, the Free Press reports. (snip) -- "If you threw [a hockey puck] at a gunman it would probably cause some injury. It would be a distraction, if nothing else," Gordon told WXYZ, a local ABC station. The police chief also suggested a group of students could "rush" an active shooter with their pucks, creating a distraction that would allow someone else to get their hands on the shooter's weapon.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arth; defending; school; shootings
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Not a bad idea.

That hard piece of rubber hurts if it is thrown accurately. Given the fact that the school boys today have been wussified, maybe the girls ought to have the pucks.

1 posted on 11/28/2018 3:50:55 AM PST by a little elbow grease
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To: a little elbow grease

...hope they get funds for broken windows....


2 posted on 11/28/2018 3:54:53 AM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: a little elbow grease

A bunch of cue balls would be better. Put it in a sock and it because a deadly weapon.


3 posted on 11/28/2018 3:56:33 AM PST by LukeL
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To: a little elbow grease
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4 posted on 11/28/2018 3:57:30 AM PST by a little elbow grease (duct tape and cable ties hold more worth than pussy hats and resistance)
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To: a little elbow grease

Couldn’t they hand out the hockey sticks instead? Just watching those hockey videos....you seem to be able to do a lot of damage to guys with the stick.


5 posted on 11/28/2018 4:00:44 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: LukeL
A bunch of cue balls would be better. Put it in a sock and it because a deadly weapon. -----

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That's good, but you have to get pretty close to use them.

;-)

6 posted on 11/28/2018 4:02:16 AM PST by a little elbow grease (duct tape and cable ties hold more worth than pussy hats and resistance)
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To: a little elbow grease

Good gawd, people are stupid.


7 posted on 11/28/2018 4:03:35 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: a little elbow grease

Not very effective if the shooter is a goalie.


8 posted on 11/28/2018 4:04:05 AM PST by MichiganCheese (The darker the culture, the brighter your light can shine.)
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To: jacknhoo

Hockey pucks handed out to more hockey pucks by even more hockey pucks.


9 posted on 11/28/2018 4:04:24 AM PST by relictele
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To: a little elbow grease

Ahhh...the “Don Rickles” defense.


10 posted on 11/28/2018 4:06:42 AM PST by FrankR (Make America Great Again, and Keep It That Way.)
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To: a little elbow grease

good idea


11 posted on 11/28/2018 4:07:18 AM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: a little elbow grease

I do think this counterforce strategy has a place in a classroom - as long as there’s backup lethal force in the plan.

A hail of hard objects thrown at a shooter’s head disrupts timing and aim, and if properly drilled and executed could save a lot of lives - as long as, after the students are out of ammo, there’s a professional to shoot the scumbag in the head.


12 posted on 11/28/2018 4:07:53 AM PST by Jim Noble (Freedom is the freedom to say that 2+2 = 4)
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To: a little elbow grease

Don Rickles,
The One
THE ONLY!


13 posted on 11/28/2018 4:08:07 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: a little elbow grease
Would any parent tell their child to be the first to throw a puck? I doubt it.

School system to children:"We, the totally feckless adults in charge, are unable to protect you - so here's your weapon."

Sounds like the jerks I had to work with.

14 posted on 11/28/2018 4:08:10 AM PST by Aevery_Freeman (Your Hatred for my white skin makes me a Racist how?)
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To: Big Red Badger

NPR


15 posted on 11/28/2018 4:10:43 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: a little elbow grease

Ninja throwing stars.


16 posted on 11/28/2018 4:13:06 AM PST by mindburglar (I like spelling it Lazers. It looks cooler.)
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To: MichiganCheese

But he’d be too busy catching them to shoot!


17 posted on 11/28/2018 4:16:33 AM PST by FrdmLvr (They never thought she would lose.)
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To: a little elbow grease

No thanks.

I’ll keep my 1911.


18 posted on 11/28/2018 4:18:11 AM PST by Flintlock (The ballot box STOLEN, our soapbox taken away--the BULLET BOX is left to us.)
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To: a little elbow grease

Call 'em dummy too.

'Cause that kind of insult can really throw a gunman off his mark.

19 posted on 11/28/2018 4:18:48 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: All

This is a joke right?


20 posted on 11/28/2018 4:19:59 AM PST by Doofer
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