Silentpoet Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 https://www.foxnews.com/us/hockey-pucks-used-for-self-defense-against-potential-shooters-in-michigan-university This gave me Forest Whitaker eye. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Give me a stick too, and I might could knock some teeth out. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Give them some pillowcases too, and they could go all Sean Penn on the shooter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown Hawk Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Well, when faced with an unarmed response, it certainly beats doing nothing, and throwing, then charging is got more chance of survival than bending over and kissing your . . .?. At leas the chief is proposing a more valid reaction than the usual “run, hide, get shot” college teaching bull****. Hawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve4102 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 28 minutes ago, Brown Hawk said: Well, when faced with an unarmed response, it certainly beats doing nothing, and throwing, then charging is got more chance of survival than bending over and kissing your . . .?. At leas the chief is proposing a more valid reaction than the usual “run, hide, get shot” college teaching bull****. Hawk Think the Chief would be willing to engage the shooter armed with only a hockey puck? Hardly. Think the Chief would want his son or daughter to engage a madman with an "Assault" rifle armed with government issued hockey pucks? Hardly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown Hawk Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 10 minutes ago, steve4102 said: Think the Chief would be willing to engage the shooter armed with only a hockey puck? Hardly. Think the Chief would want his son or daughter to engage a madman with an "Assault" rifle armed with government issued hockey pucks? Hardly. Since guns aren’t allowed on campus, he’s going for the something is better than nothing option, and actually got the admin to go along with it. Which is a miracle in itself, and the point of my post. Hawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar_ml Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 So rather than a box of rocks in each classroom (which would be a whole lot cheaper) they decide that 2500 hockey pucks is an efficient use of taxpayer funds. It's a public university, so I assume they get tax money, but I could be wrong. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windowasher Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 It is better to beg forgiveness than asking permission. It is called concealed carry 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC Tiger Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 48 minutes ago, Brown Hawk said: Well, when faced with an unarmed response, it certainly beats doing nothing, and throwing, then charging is got more chance of survival than bending over and kissing your . . .?. At leas the chief is proposing a more valid reaction than the usual “run, hide, get shot” college teaching bull****. Hawk This. They won't get approvals for guns quickly. Hockey pucks/box of rocks/baseball bats sound stupid but they beat the hell out of nothing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Cougar_ml said: So rather than a box of rocks in each classroom (which would be a whole lot cheaper) they decide that 2500 hockey pucks is an efficient use of taxpayer funds. Pucks are like a kinder, gentler rock. They are made of hard rubber and have rounded edges. (But they do have a nice heft to them that would produce a serious, and probable lifesaving, "OW!") 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Volley like English archers! This could be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 But, but -- I thought we were supposed to use the blunted safety scissors in case of attack. 23 minutes ago, Huaco Kid said: Pucks are like a kinder, gentler rock. They are made of hard rubber and have rounded edges. Not when you get hit by them off of someone's slap shot. Big owie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie-pete Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Not to worry; eventually some liberal teacher will say, " We need to get the puck out of here. " 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Sure. Everyone will stand up to a shooter and throw stuff at them. A few, doing this, is like poking a Bear, it will get their attention. Most people/kids are not going to stand up to a firearm and throw things. The fight or flight, will tell them that to be exposed with minimal response is not a good thing. In actuality they will try to run and hide, same as before. Even in battle, everyone with a firearm isn't a hero. An occasional unarmed hero is another casualty. This is the same as the old schools in years past teaching "duck and cover". We all knew it was a "feel good move", and would accomplish nothing. If trained responders wouldn't use this technique, how good is it for untrained victims facing violent harm...……... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 2 hours ago, tous said: But, but -- I thought we were supposed to use the blunted safety scissors in case of attack. Not when you get hit by them off of someone's slap shot. Big owie. Yeah, an owie. But a rock can knock you out and might even produce a wound that will require stitches. Bigger owie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 I played in an A-league game once. Once. One time. I saw a college kid crack the 1" thick plexiglass behind the goal, from center ice. Kind of took the wind out of my sails as I spent the rest of the game just trying to stay alive. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul53 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Teachers get treated like hospital employees it seems. Write policies and procedures and give supplies so staff are kept busy doing idiotic stuff till the emergency incapacitates them. Give them really useful items and using them might cause a lawsuit. But dying innocently costs the insurance company less. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC Tiger Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 3 hours ago, Huaco Kid said: Pucks are like a kinder, gentler rock. They are made of hard rubber and have rounded edges. (But they do have a nice heft to them that would produce a serious, and probable lifesaving, "OW!") Probably throw more consistently. They may also have some extras laying around. Personally I'd go with baseballs. But that's just me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 What the puck? You puck heads get the puck outa here. "Hey, clock that pucker in the head......with a puck." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentpoet Posted November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 Puck of the mountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 1) Puck. 2) Chuck. 3) Duck. 4) Good luck! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar_ml Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Huaco Kid said: 1) Puck. 2) Chuck. 3) Duck. 4) Good luck! 5) Oops, you're fu.ked 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 I cut pronounced X's in all my pucks with a hacksaw blade. They might be illegal now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown Hawk Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 10 minutes ago, Huaco Kid said: I cut pronounced X's in all my pucks with a hacksaw blade. They might be illegal now. Only if they pass their assault puck ban. Hawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC Tiger Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 41 minutes ago, Brown Hawk said: Only if they pass their assault puck ban. Hawk Buckets are limited to ten pucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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