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Meh. Current school of thought is for kids to throw desks and books at shooters. Why is it so ridiculous to suggest the use of rocks?
I dont think its ridiculous at all. Survival experts are teaching kids in school around America to throw books or any object they can find as a desperate attempt to save their lives.
Personally, I would like to see ballistic reinforced doors in every classroom that can automatically be locked when gun fire erupts, on top of other security measures.
So, a multiple police officers armed with handguns are excused for not confronting a shooter with a rifle because handgun bullets are slower than rifle bullets, but children armed with rocks are expected to?
5 kids in a class, each throwing a rock. 5 more in the room across the hall. 5 more in the room next door, and another 5 in the room next door across the hall.
That's 20 rocks flying through the air coming form 4 different places.
10 kids per room- 40 rocks. 15 kids per room- 60 rocks.
A tennis ball sized rock can really hurt. The object is to get the shooting stopped. Any blow from a rock could be enough to do that.
How hard would it be to hold rock throwing drills during recess or play time using old tennis balls, thrown at targets painted on canvas? It could be made into a game.
I would use more than one bucket per classroom, though- the more buckets, the easier it would be to grab a rock.
Every kid would be a target anyway, so giving them something they can fight for their life instead of only cowering and hoping they won't be shot is good.
Sure- locking the classroom door is good. But throwing a good sized rock is too, if the door fails.
It's very simple, doesn't need a lot of thought, can happen fast, and it's safer than filling the air with lead in a wild crossfire.
Anything that can stop the shooting is better than nothing, and the simplest thing is often the best thing.
Okay so the so called experts who are telling people to throw chairs, desks, books, etc. are "kidding" or misinformed?
Let them know that.
You know, I went through years of training and drills for response to school incidents, as well as instructing my fellow staff members, from the early 1990s until I retired in 2014. Not once, not ever, was what you just wrote ever suggested.
Solution? No, but better than nothing. At least the victims have a chance to hurt the shooter before he gets them.
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