A Republican running for Oklahoma state educational superintendent has a nifty school safety platform: arm students with old textbooks to protect them against school shootings. [Video included.]
Yes, it really is that stupid:
Bill Crozier, a Union City Republican going against incumbent Democrat Sandy Garrett, said he believes old textbooks could be used to stop bullets shot from weapons wielded by school intruders.
If elected, he said he would put thick used textbooks under every desk for students to use in self-defense.
If only the Secret Service had thought of this idea years ago. We should have had the president riding around in a bookmobile for protection.