WASHINGTON — Don’t bring scissors to a gunfight!
Americans from coast to coast were up in arms yesterday after the Department of Homeland Security recommended brandishing scissors to fend off crazed gunmen.
Homeland Security dished out that infuriating advice in an instructional video posted on its Web site just a month after the school massacre in Newtown, Conn., The Post first reported.
“When scissors can shoot, we might consider it!” raged Connecticut resident Hercy Lord, 70.
“This is the dumbest idea ever — scissors. Fight power with power. Equal force!”
The nearly four-minute video, titled “Options for Consideration,” also advises that people who get caught in an “active shooter” situation should run away, hide under a desk or take cover out of the line of fire.
“Use scissors and crawl under a desk while some maniac is shooting up the place?” fumed Steve Becker of East Meadow, LI, who said he thinks more New Yorkers should be allowed to get concealed carry permits.
“When will the Secret Service be giving up their guns for a pair of scissors? Maybe they can carry a Swiss Army knife, which would give them a pair of scissors and a knife to defend the president with,” he added.
Department of Homeland Security officials defended the video but refused to say how much it cost.
“DHS aims to enhance preparedness through a ‘whole community’ approach by providing training, products and resources to a broad range of stakeholders on issues such as active shooter awareness, incident response and workplace violence,” said spokesman Nicole Stickel.
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