Pennsylvania school district beefs up security after being mocked for stone-throwing defense plan (VIDEO)

By Christen Smith

A school district in rural Pennsylvania beefed up its security this week after the internet mocked its leaders for relying on buckets of rocks to fend off active shooters.
Blue Mountain School District Superintendent David Helsel released a statement Tuesday indicating he’d hired armed security guards for additional protection, fearing the intense media coverage may encourage an attack.
“This attention was due to social media posts that took comments out of context and misrepresented our actual planned response to armed intruders (particularly with the planned use of stones),” he said. “This unfortunate circumstance has increased our concern regarding the possibility that something may happen because of the media attention.”
Helsel told state lawmakers earlier this month every classroom in his district — which serves 2,700 students across five schools — contains a five gallon bucket of river rocks meant as a last line of self defense.
“If an armed attacker attempts to gain access to our classroom, they will face a students armed with rocks and they will be stoned,” he said during interviews with local media. “They are the right size for hands. You can throw them very hard and they will create or cause pain, which can distract.”
The unusual comment sparked the

Source: Guns.com