Thread: School district stocks classrooms with stones

A Pennsylvania school district has stocked its classrooms with stones as a "last-ditch" to fight off potential school shooters, according to the superintendent.

Every elementary, middle and high school classroom in the Blue Mountain School District has a 5-gallon bucket full of river stones -- smooth, landscaping stones -- in the closet for students to throw at any armed intruder, district superintendent David Helsel told ABC News today.

Blue Mountain School District, which is about 90 miles northwest of Philadelphia, has about 2,700 students, he said.

The Blue Mountain School District in Pa., has armed students with rocks to fight off school shooters, the superintendent said.

"We've been trying to be proactive just in case," the superintendent said.

"We wanted to provide some type of last response to an intruder," Helsel said, "rather than crawling under a desk and getting shot."

https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/l...w-at-intruders

Originally Posted by John

Every elementary, middle and high school classroom in the Blue Mountain School District has a 5-gallon bucket full of river stones -- smooth, landscaping stones -- in the closet for students to throw at any armed intruder...

Really?? Could have at least supplied some sling shots.


I saw this the other day:

when I saw that I was completely aghast.

turns out that site is satire.

I hate when they make it look real.

Originally Posted by Femme*

when I saw that I was completely aghast.

turns out that site is satire.

I hate when they make it look real.

It's not satire...

Pennsylvania school wants to arm students with rocks to protect them against active shooters

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/03/23...-shooters.html

Originally Posted by John

It's not satire...

Yeah, seems to be true...as to my suggestion tho:

Originally Posted by krystian

Really?? Could have at least supplied some sling shots.

"...Asked whether students were being given slingshots to fire the rocks, Dr Helsel replied: "No. We have some people who have some pretty good arms. They can chuck a rock pretty fast."

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a8272226.html


If you really wanna go with the rock idea at least put some power behind it.

Isn't there a saying about bringing a rock to a gunfight? Or something like that.

This is actually a very good idea.

The current training for classrooms is to run and hide, an intruder faces ZERO resistance. They are actually training you to be a shooting victim.

I heard all this nonsense about "pistols are no match for an Ar-15", etc, etc when they floated the notion of arming teachers. That is total NONSENSE. I actually said at the time that you could throw rocks and be better off, you could probably overwhelm an untrained idiot by hollering and bare hands.

I hope they step it up and do some rock throwing training, I remember at a certain age, I was VERY good at rock throwing. The plan is actually quite ingenious.

Originally Posted by krystian

Really?? Could have at least supplied some sling shots.

Originally Posted by krystian

If you really wanna go with the rock idea at least put some power behind it.

Originally Posted by John

This is actually a very good idea.

I hope they step it up and do some rock throwing training, I remember at a certain age, I was VERY good at rock throwing. The plan is actually quite ingenious.

Slings or sling shots is still a better idea...and they could get some Bibles back in school at the same time and start with reading about David and Goliath. ;)

Yeah, it won't' be long until kids are throwing rocks at each other in class.