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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepuke Plan for School Shootings - Arm teachers with fire extinquishers
?crop=1xw%3A0.99375xh%3Bcenter%2Ccenter&resize=400%3A*Shawn Moody, a leading Republican candidate for governor of Maine, told local radio station WVOM that fire extinguishers "can be a great deterrent" in an active shooter situation. He suggested that teachers could arm themselves with the frothy cannons the next time someone decides to go on a rampage with a military-grade assault rifle at a school, because, apparently, covering a gunman in white foam will stop him right in his tracks.
At the release of his plan, the NRA immediately withdrew funding from his campaign
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kzpjzv/one-republicans-plan-to-stop-mass-shootings-fire-extinguishers-vgtrn
Chipper Chat
(9,672 posts)What a dumbass. Goppers get stupider by the day.
BigmanPigman
(51,567 posts)He stole my idea sort of. On the last day of class before Winter Vacation Sandy Hook occurred. In the weeks before going back to class I thought of my own plan. The classroom doors can only be locked FROM THE OUTSIDE and only opened OUT so you can't barricade them (sorry teacher, your life doesn't matter enough to change the doors). My plan was to get behind the door with the fire extinguisher held over my head, knock the shooter unconsciense, have the kids run to the office, tie him up with the jump rope, boil a pot of water in my microwave and be ready to scald him if he woke up and "came to". It was my only option as self defense. I couldn't harm him very well using my globe, a glue stick and a ruler.
packman
(16,296 posts)Suggest you forward it to RNC headquarters - I notice you didn't employ your office issued stapler. Don't overlook that weapon.
BigmanPigman
(51,567 posts)I had to buy my own and I wrote my name on them too. Teachers spend tons of their own money and make peanuts.
sarah FAILIN
(2,857 posts)With a flick of a bic it's a flame thrower. Not joking.
Throck
(2,520 posts)A friend's daughter was assaulted at the family vegetable stand. She hosed him. He was in handcuffs in the ambulance.
Bad Thoughts
(2,514 posts)we don't need guns, just more fire extinguishers.
ProfessorGAC
(64,852 posts)We all have the right to keep and bear fire extinguishers. Set up the constitutional convention stat!