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douglas9

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Thu Dec 10, 2015, 09:44 AM Dec 2015

Gun Buffs Want to Pretend to Shoot and Kill People at UT

A few gun rights groups plan on playing out their action-hero fantasies this weekend by conducting a mock mass shooting just off campus at the University of Texas at Austin, complete with fake blood, "gun noises" amplified by bullhorns, cardboard weapons, and regular-Joe "rescuers," the Austin American-Statesman first reported.

After announcing their plans to hold the playdate on the university campus, UT released a statement effectively threatening to press criminal charges against the organizers. "When outside individuals come on campus and violate our rules regarding use of our grounds and facilities, they are asked to leave," UT spokesman J.B. Bird said in the statement. "If they do not, it becomes a criminal trespass matter. We suggest that any outside organizations planning such events on campus relocate them to other space where they would be allowed."


http://www.houstonpress.com/news/gun-buffs-want-to-pretend-to-shoot-and-kill-people-at-ut-7987356

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Gun Buffs Want to Pretend to Shoot and Kill People at UT (Original Post) douglas9 Dec 2015 OP
If someone wished to creat mayhem TexasProgresive Dec 2015 #1
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