Someone Needs To Tell This University You Don’t Bring A HOCKEY PUCK To A Gun Fight

Apparently, no one told the “powers that be” at Oakland University in Michigan that you don’t bring a knife to a gun fight…

and you DEFINITELY don’t bring a hockey puck.

The university has distributed 800 pucks to faculty and staff, plans on “arming” an additional 1,700 students with hockey pucks to throw at potential gunmen.

Yes. Really.

The best thing to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a…hockey puck? https://t.co/CqMgymbB8I via @detroitnews

— Ian Thibodeau (@Ian_Thibodeau) November 28, 2018

According to [OU Police Chief Mark] Gordon, to fight effectively, faculty and students need to be prepared to throw objects that are heavy and will cause a distraction.

Hockey pucks provide the ability to be carried in briefcases or backpacks, are not considered a weapon, and will meet the goal of distracting the shooter, according to Gordon.

You know what ELSE can be “carried in briefcases or backpacks” but might ACTUALLY stop a shooter?

A GUN. FFS.

Oakland University faculty distributes hockey pucks to defend against armed shooters: https://t.co/ujxDfPCLwd v

Wow! What a coincidence! Both times in my life that I had guns pulled on me, my very first thought was, “Damn. If I only had a hockey puck with me.”

— SurfSkateTrailsTunes (@Rich_Jones7) November 28, 2018

This explains everything.
“I remember getting hit in the head with a hockey puck once and it hurt,” said Oakland University Police Chief Mark Gordon.”https://t.co/pcXDBsfkrI

— Richard Cranium (@richardcranium6) November 29, 2018

Oakland University Police Chief Mark Gordon very clearly suffered a traumatic brain injury from it…