"AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Faculty members at Oakland University in suburban Detroit have received hockey pucks and are being trained to use them to potentially thwart active shooters. WDIV-TV reports the American Association of University Professors distributed pucks to its 800 members. University Police Chief Mark Gordon says to fight effectively, faculty and students need to be prepared to throw heavy objects that will cause a distraction. Gordon says pucks fit the bill and can conveniently be carried in brief cases or backpacks. The faculty union also is working with student groups to distribute an additional 1,700 pucks to students."
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November 27, 2018, 07:18 PM
erj_pilot
Simply put...YGTBFKM, eh hoser?
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November 27, 2018, 07:25 PM
mark60
Never bring a hockey puck to a gunfight.
November 27, 2018, 07:26 PM
comet24
Hockey pucks hurt when they hit unpadded body parts. I had one crack the toe cap on a skate once. Definitely would not want someone throwing them at me.
Using them as a means to stop a shooter is just plain stupid and will get you killed.
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November 27, 2018, 07:29 PM
erj_pilot
Are they going to at least keep them frozen? Geesh...these people are stupider than a sack of hammers.
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November 27, 2018, 07:41 PM
Cookster
What the PUCK are they thinking?!
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November 27, 2018, 07:42 PM
lkdr1989
I gotta think that a bucket of gravel would be cheaper.
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November 27, 2018, 07:58 PM
preten2b
Puck you... yea, they'll stop shooting.
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November 27, 2018, 07:59 PM
2012BOSS302
That's pucked up
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November 27, 2018, 08:01 PM
Captain Morgan
I got hit in the chin with one. 3 stiches in, 4 outer. They hurt couldn't imagine being hit by a lot since I wasn't a goalie.
Anyway if the are really serious they need to keep them in a freezer; extra hard!
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November 27, 2018, 08:03 PM
Rightwire
This has merit if the shooter is a goalie. By nature he'll try and stop every puck and be so distracted by the utter elation of not being scored on he will forget why he even walked into the room.
For anyone else, the shooter will be more pissed off.
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November 27, 2018, 08:19 PM
TXJIM
Have they seen most people try to throw anything? This is beyond stupid.
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November 27, 2018, 08:28 PM
gearhounds
quote:
Originally posted by TXJIM: Have they seen most people try to throw anything? This is beyond stupid.
Exactly. Maybe one or two in ten will be able to generate enough velocity paired with accuracy.
More misguided leftist stupidity.
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November 27, 2018, 08:31 PM
SigSauerP226
I'll take the free pucks. I can put them to much better use than the majority of these folks. I agree that probably the majority of the kids d teachers wouldn't even be able to effectively huck them at the shooter. The few that can, ost likely aren't going to incapacitate a shooter, just piss them off.
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November 27, 2018, 08:34 PM
Skins2881
quote:
Originally posted by gearhounds:
quote:
Originally posted by TXJIM: Have they seen most people try to throw anything? This is beyond stupid.
Exactly. Maybe one or two in ten will be able to generate enough velocity paired with accuracy.
More misguided leftist stupidity.
Just post a clone of Alexander Ovechkin at the door to every classroom. Simple solution. Can't believe you couldn't come up with it on your own.
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November 27, 2018, 08:34 PM
Ozarkwoods
Now grasshopper make believe its a throwing star. Vision it destroying your enemy.
Couple that with an electric charcoal starter on the door knob and we got the this!
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November 27, 2018, 08:59 PM
Skins2881
quote:
Originally posted by Ozarkwoods: Now grasshopper make believe its a throwing star. Vision it destroying your enemy.
Couple that with an electric charcoal starter on the door knob and we got the this!
