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Bucky

(54,027 posts)
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 12:00 PM Dec 2012

I'm a school teacher. What kind of concealed weapon should I have at work?

As a history teacher, I was thinking a Gatling gun would be most appropriate. Well, actually we don't do industrialization and replaceable parts until the Spring semester. Perhaps for the Fall Semester an ancient Korea Hwa-cha would be best. It's basically a wooden mount for a multiple field rocket attack, emphasizing both the Song Dynasty's economic and technologic dominance of the Far East and the importance of cultural diffusion in world history.



I may go back to teaching English next year. A pair of pearl handled duelling pistols would be more my style. It's very Heathcliff.

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I'm a school teacher. What kind of concealed weapon should I have at work? (Original Post) Bucky Dec 2012 OP
Mutated Anthrax. For Duck Hunting n/t el_bryanto Dec 2012 #1
Either the Gattling gun or a missile launcher. sinkingfeeling Dec 2012 #2
Metal Storm is the modern version Fumesucker Dec 2012 #3
Hmm, I teach Ceramics, an earlier tech on the tech tree. Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #4
how about a closed ceramic container filled with oil and some sort of fuse? KittyWampus Dec 2012 #5
That would be trickier to conceal unless we installed some towers. Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #7
Former elementary teacher here.... livetohike Dec 2012 #6
A tank works as a school bus too. hunter Dec 2012 #11
Love the tank idea. NCTraveler Dec 2012 #14
A car. They're just as deadly as guns, don't you know? Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2012 #8
Just one thing nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #9
A jar full of angry wasps. nt rrneck Dec 2012 #10
A Sten, and then you can talk about WWII obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #12
For minimum class-time disruption, I recommend a ballista. DireStrike Dec 2012 #13
I'm all for authoritarian rule in the classroom. Glassunion Dec 2012 #15
Either the Colt Single Action Army or the Walther P38, depending on American or World History FarCenter Dec 2012 #16
I'm doing WWI pretty early in the semester, kiva Dec 2012 #17
that should be up to your principal/drill sargent n/t Enrique Dec 2012 #18
I also teach history - enlightenment Dec 2012 #19

livetohike

(22,147 posts)
6. Former elementary teacher here....
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 12:24 PM
Dec 2012

I think we should get rid of school buildings and hold classes in a tank. It offers protection and fire power . Small class sizes too.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
14. Love the tank idea.
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 12:36 PM
Dec 2012

It serves so many purposes. Protection, fire power, small class sizes, removes them from the battlefield. Field trips would be a blast. Never have to leave the classroom for transportation. I never thought that classes, inside of a military tool of destruction, could be such a good idea. Talk about multi-functional.

obamanut2012

(26,082 posts)
12. A Sten, and then you can talk about WWII
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 12:33 PM
Dec 2012

But, that might be too big, so get a 9mm and discuss the Luger and the Nazis.

DireStrike

(6,452 posts)
13. For minimum class-time disruption, I recommend a ballista.
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 12:34 PM
Dec 2012

If you fit the projectile with wide fins, it will penetrate intruders and then the impact will continue to push backwards. Just point it at the doorway, and when someone comes in unexpectedly, they'll be killed and removed from the classroom in the blink of an eye.

In fact, you can rig the system to fire when the door is opened! Hands-free protection! Perfect for late students and those unannounced principal visits.

Glassunion

(10,201 posts)
15. I'm all for authoritarian rule in the classroom.
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 12:39 PM
Dec 2012

Kid acts up you pull out your gun and blast them right between the eyes. With water.

The WTF look would be priceless.

kiva

(4,373 posts)
17. I'm doing WWI pretty early in the semester,
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 12:42 PM
Dec 2012

so I'm going for mustard gas myself - no worrying about aim and a bit more portable...off to dig a trench.

enlightenment

(8,830 posts)
19. I also teach history -
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 12:49 PM
Dec 2012

I think I'd choose the Nock seven barrel volley gun. Or maybe I'll just bring Richard Sharpe and Patrick Harper along to every class. Maybe the Chosen Men, too . . . then I wouldn't have to carry anything.




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