2 Parkland student activists are targets of 'swatting' hoaxes
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — They're bogus 911 calls with real consequences — and public figures or celebrities are often the victims.
Lasts week, activist David Hogg in Parkland and fellow #NeverAgain student leader Cameron Kasky in West Delray were targeted by "swatting" calls, according to authorities in Broward and Palm Beach counties.
Named after the response by police SWAT squads who are called out to deal with the calls, swatting callers often describe emergencies involving barricaded gunmen or hostages in an attempt to draw heavily armed officers. These fake 911 callers often spoof a victim's phone, making it appear that the victim is placing the emergency call.
According to the FBI, which has issued warnings about swatting since 2008, there are about 400 swatting calls across the nation annually.
The consequences can be deadly. In December, an unsuspecting Wichita, Kan., man was killed by police who came to his home to investigate a supposed murder and a gunman holding victims at gunpoint. Authorities were called out to the home of Andrew Finch after a dispute between online gamers that prompted the fake 911 call to his address. The caller gave police a wrong address for Finch that was unrelated to the gamers' intended target.
The alleged 911 caller was charged with manslaughter.
After Finch's death, U.S. Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kan., in introduced a bill that would increase punishment for people caught swatting — a prison sentence of up to 20 years if someone is seriously hurt and up to life in prison if someone is killed.
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And I hope they find these fuckers and lock them up. Oh and they aren't helping their case that they should get to keep their guns. Oh no not by a long shot. 
and showing how dangerous they are for everyone to own. I don't understand the point of it.
Every mass shooting the gun humpers are always paranoid that people are trying to take their guns away because they claim they are not dangerous lunatics. But shit like this makes us think that yes they are dangerous lunatics. As much as I applaud these kids for their activism, I fear for their safety. The gun nuts especially in Trump's America are becoming dangerous and increasingly violent and hateful lunatics. They are poking the hornet's nest of gun humpers, and you don't want to poke that hornet's nest and expect to get away clean. 
