Well, yeah I got that.
As for the gun/pencil thing...I don't think it's as ridiculous as it sounds, but obviously 9 times out of 10 it wouldn't work. In the example I mentioned the guy tried to ram it into the boy's side, which sounds like it could possibly work, but he had a bullet proof vest on. I don't neccessarily think the teen was stupid for trying (he was 6,3, over 200 pounds and figured he could overpower the guy) and he was hailed as a hero because he managed to give the other students a chance to escape while he fought with the gunman. In a situation like that, is it better to do something than nothing? I wouldn't encourage anyone to be a hero in that situtation, but I wouldn't say someone's an idiot for trying.
should of tried to jam it in an orfice. In the eye, ear, up the nose, take yer pick