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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“Ouch! That hurt!” Bang!
Yes … what if the gunman targets a girl…who throws like a girl?
A thrown hockey puck must be a head shot. A body shot to a big guy will only piss him off. He’ll give you extra bullets.
Circular saw blades from shop class would be better.
The important part is we won the argument that they need to have defensive weapons.
This will be settled as soon as the NRA gets one teacher to fill suit for being deprived of their 2nd amendment rights.
Many of the school-shooting persons are wearing body armor now.
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That hard piece of rubber hurts if it is thrown accurately...
Practice. Practice. Practice.
Thanks for the morning laugh!
If you have a gun and the school shooter doesn’t go down aim below the belt. A leg shot will bring down almost anyone. Once down brain him.
Amazingly, many here don’t think this is a joke.
I’ve recently moved out of that area in Michigan. Nope! It’s not a joke. It fits right in with the territory, which is a joke.
Excellent observation.
The problem is, you’ll need a bunch of them. I think Mr. shooter could likely withstand the initial volley if the class only had one each.
What finally brought down the North Hollywood bank robbers equipped with AK 47s and body armor were leg shots from under cars they were hiding behind. One was killed by cops the other self inflicted after having his legs shot out from under him.
>>A bunch of cue balls would be better.
Can’t have cue balls anymore. They were made of ivory and have to now be destroyed.
...based on no evidence
I didn’t know that. It’s very interesting, although I hope I’ll never have to make use of this knowledge.
I'll carry my Sig, thanks.
Is this school in the same district that put a basket of rocks in each classroom?
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