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Secure a door using cooking oil. And other handy items. Handy for those that work in schools. Or offices.
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January 28th, 2014 at 1:10 am
Actually, some good advice. Also, a small wrecking bar and a sturdy screwdriver are always handy things to have near at hand in the car, if you can’t have something more potent.
January 28th, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Those are “burglary tools” in some states.
No kidding.
January 28th, 2014 at 1:33 pm
Never, ever attack an artisan in his or her workshop. There are simply too many potential weapons, and the artisan knows how to use them.
All we have to do is convince teachers to make their classes — at least partway — into shops. The wrench used to teach history of technology is a good example.
January 28th, 2014 at 8:19 pm
Hammer handle that you keep forgetting to take out of the car?
January 28th, 2014 at 9:41 pm
Common sense… waht a novel concept…
January 29th, 2014 at 1:37 am
Well, the trick is to think outside the box. It’s not chisels, it is sharp edges. It isn’t cooking oil, it is a slippery substance. It takes a bit of mental conditioning to train yourself to MacGyver in a high stress situation.
Careful having wrecking bars and screwdrivers tucked near at hand, that can be construed as going armed. Best keep them somewhere logical for common use.
A length of PVC pipe is useful. It can be rigged as a holder for something but be readily at hand. It is arguably not a deadly weapon, but it can be used discouragingly.
I could see a section filled with cooking oil tucked away for the emergency. Deploy the oil, then keep the pipe for further discouragement while they’re slipping around. Keep it all tucked in a bucket of kitty litter to deploy for the bug out.
January 29th, 2014 at 1:39 am
Or carry a gun. No MacGyver-ing..no swinging sword fight…just pull the trigger until the threat is down and out of the fight.
January 29th, 2014 at 5:35 am
@mariner: at least in OR, the Burglar’s Tools law is an enhancement to the Burglary statute and can’t be charged by itself.
January 29th, 2014 at 7:46 am
Cooking oil? Sounds like a suggestion that a commie lib d-bag would make. How about a .45 ACP?
January 29th, 2014 at 10:22 am
I think the point of the post is that weapons are every where and that you just need to look to find them. Plus if you think about is beforehand and prepare, when the time comes you will be able to react. Alternately there are only tools and your brain is the true weapon.
January 29th, 2014 at 1:17 pm
Chas,
I am neither a commie, a liberal, nor a douche bag. I carry a Colt Combat Commander in .45 acp and have done so for slightly over 30,000 hours. Some folks in society (the world over) are not so fortunate.
January 29th, 2014 at 2:21 pm
AK — “Carry a gun” is great advice. . . except when the law or school policy prohibits you as a teacher from HAVING a gun. Also, in other cases where you simply may not be permitted to be armed.