Response Options trains students and teachers to “lock onto the attacker’s limbs and use their body weight,” Browne said. Everyday classroom objects, such as paperbacks and pencils, can become weapons.
“We show them they can win,” he said. “The fact that someone walks into a classroom with a gun does not make them a god. Five or six seventh-grade kids and a 95-pound art teacher can basically challenge, bring down and immobilize a 200-pound man with a gun.” —Jeff Carlton —Texas school tells classes to fight back (AP | Yahoo! (will expire))
Of course, running at an attacker with rounded scissors won’t be of much use. Soon parents will be petitioning to let Junior bring a gun to school, for purposes of self-defense.
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I also saw on the TV news that legislation is being proposed to allow schools to arm teachers. Amazing.
The directions which they were giving these kids were absolutely crazy. “Run at the attacker, run from the room screaming” and all at the discretion of the teacher. There is certainly and issue of liability and accountability here. What if the ‘alleged’ attacker isn’t a threat at all? Who is responsible if that person is hurt?