Guns and Peas

An Alabama middle school has devised a new way to protect their students from a potential intruder. They requested that students bring canned food to school and use it as a weapon if a dangerous intruder confronts them. The intruder may have guns and explosives but the students will have peas and corn. Does this not sound much like the movie Home Alone? Are they going to tie a string to the cans and swing them from the stairs? Perhaps glass shards on the floor in case the intruder attacks barefoot or Bunsen burners heating up the door handles to the classrooms to burn the intruder's hands. We need to keep our kids safe but there must be a better way. At least the kids will never be hungry as I am sure each student will have a few cans of food kept in their desks for emergencies. Can you imagine a student opening a can of peas during class.  Look at the picture of the staff they are so proud of this ridiculous idea.