Alabama principal seeks cans of food - not for food drive but - to defend against intruders

[underpants]

VALLEY, Ala. – An eastern Alabama school principal is asking students to bring cans of food such as corn and peas as a way of fighting off a school intruder.

W.F. Burns Middle School Principal Priscella Holley said in a Friday letter to parents that a can could stun an intruder "or even knock him out" until police arrive.

Holley wrote that the cans would empower students if an intruder enters their classroom at the school in Valley, Alabama.

Hodge says throwing cans or other items would be a last resort for students unable to evacuate. She says the cans would be stored in classrooms and students wouldn't be carrying them around school.


http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/01/13/alabama-principal-seeks-cans-food-to-defend-against-intruders-790312695/

[randys1]

1. This is Alabama, why dont all the kids have AR-15's?

That isnt fair, there are just as many idiot gun nuts in California and Vermont.

[underpants]

5. I thought in Alabama the buses have gun racks in the back window

Guess not

[benz380]

2. Does this principal post on DU?

Reminds me of the can of beans posts a while back.

[brer cat]

3. Thank you, Alabama

love, Georgia.

[arcane1]

4. It's disturbing how normalized the "shooter threat" has become.

There are kids who will go all their lives thinking this is something that is just a normal occurrence to prepare for

[underpants]

6. I wonder

how many kids, Alabama and elsewhere, see part of what could be their dinner serving as a defense mechanism.