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N_E_1 for Tennis

(9,722 posts) Wed Nov 28, 2018, 09:50 AM Nov 2018

Hockey pucks...

If you’ve never been hit with a flying hockey puck, let it be known they really, really hurt.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2018/11/27/oakland-university-hockey-pucks/2129677002/

This is better than arming teachers with guns, right?

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Hockey pucks... (Original Post) N_E_1 for Tennis Nov 2018 OP

What a bizarre thought experiment. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2018 #1

The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun... meow2u3 Nov 2018 #2

is a good guy with a Don Rickles insult. peekaloo Nov 2018 #4

. Achilleaze Nov 2018 #3

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,340 posts)

1. What a bizarre thought experiment.

Reply to N_E_1 for Tennis (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2018, 10:07 AM

Nov 2018

"better prepared in case they need to fight back"

"Be ready to throw something — anything"

"just the idea of having something"

"a reminder that you’re not powerless and you’re not helpless in the classroom"

"or anything that has weight" and could hurt and distract a shooter"

"cause injury is the bottom line of what you’re trying to do"

"hey all throw hockey pucks at the same time, it would be quite the distraction"

BUT NOT A GUN, YOU GUYS!!!!!

It's the wrong conversation, and the wrong approach. This is what you get when you have individualized, fragmented, non-scientific discussions about a massive public health issue. Embarrassing.