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| School shooting: Teachers in Pennsylvania get 16in bats after Florida |
| 2018-04-12 |
| [BBC] All 500 teachers of Millcreek School District near Erie got a 16in (41cm) bat in the wake of the Parkland, Florida high school attack in February. Though the bats are largely symbolic, Superintendent William Hall said, they are there as a "last resort". "Unfortunately, we're in a day and age where one might need to use them to protect ourselves and our kids." The superintendent said the aim was to have a "consistent tool" for every teacher in every classroom. Teachers received the bats after a training day on how to respond to shooters. They will be locked up in classrooms. Mr Hall said this was part of the district's shooting response plan, known by the acronym Trojan. This stands for Threat assessment, Run, Obstruct and barricade, Join forces, Attack, and Never give up. An online survey also asked whether teachers in the district should be armed if the state passed laws allowing it. "It was about 70% to 30% that people would favour that," Mr Hall said, "but we're not really actively planning that right now." Millcreek Education Association president Jon Cacchione said this was a tool if teachers had "nothing else". "Part of the formula now is to fight back, and so I think the bats that were provided for the staff were symbolic of that." The baseball bats reportedly cost the school district $1,800 (£1,270). |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #8 The shooter gets bit by the bat and turns into Guncula? |
| Posted by: Adriane 2018-04-12 16:31 |
| #7 Doubt they'll prove effective against MOAB's (Mother of All Bats): |
| Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2018-04-12 12:50 |
| #6 You know what happens when you bring a bat to a gun fight... |
| Posted by: Warthog 2018-04-12 12:50 |
| #5 My father graduated from Millcreek High School in 1938. He and his buddy used to take their guns to school and put them in the classroom closet for the day. Then they would go hunting after school. Today, they would lock down the entire school district. So sad how times have changed. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2018-04-12 09:45 |
| #4 And if they fill them with water and freeze them, then a military grade assault whiffle bat. And F.A.I.L. slips. Indeed, parody is being overrun. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2018-04-12 09:40 |
| #3 CF: You're probably right. If you divide it out, that's $3.60/bat. I've not seen a wooden bat, much less a metal bat, for that price in a while. |
| Posted by: BA 2018-04-12 09:40 |
| #2 Let me guess.... the bats are also plastic... and hollow. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2018-04-12 09:28 |
| #1 *sigh* poor kids |
| Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-04-12 00:39 |