Here’s a tremendously bad idea that no one should actually do: supporters of guns on campus are planning to stage a mock mass shooting on the University of Texas at Austin campus. The “shooter” will be taken down by other people “armed” with cardboard guns. There will be fake blood and gunshot noises played through bullhorns. Hey: this is a really fucking bad idea.
The Austin-American Statesman reports that two gun rights groups are planning the event: Come and Take It Texas and DontComply.com. Matthew Short, a spokesperson for the groups, told the Statesman they haven’t sought any kind of permit or permission to execute the event:
“It’s a fake mass shooting, and we’ll use fake blood,” he said. He said gun noises will be blared from bullhorns. Other people will then play the role of rescuers, also armed with cardboard weapons.
He said the group was not seeking any sort of permit for the event from Austin or UT. University officials were not immediately available for comment, but in November, university President Gregory L. Fenves spoke in favor of a faculty resolution opposing campus-carry.
In a press release posted to Facebook, Come and Take it Texas said the point is to show that “gun free zones are killing us.” They asked for “crisis actors” to volunteer:
Life And Liberty Event To End Gun Free Zones
Open Carry walk and Crisis Performance Event happening at UT Austin this weekend. Local groups Come And Take It Texas and DontComply.com will once again take to the streets armed with rifles and pistols on display followed by a crisis performance on UT campus. In the wake of yet another mass shooting one thing is clear, Gun Free Zones are killing us. These target rich environments are letting our children be murdered by evil people. Now is the time to stand up, take a walk, and put pressure on politicians to ban Gun Free Zones.
*Crisis Actors Needed
Date: Dec 12th
Time: 12:00pm
Meetup: 2426 San Antonio St
Austin, TX
Murdoch Pizgatti
President/ Co-Founder DontComply.com
[email protected]
Another thing that kills people is guns. Specifically on the UT Austin campus, where Charles Whitman climbed the Tower and killed 16 people in 1966, armed with three hunting rifles and three pistols. Whitman had killed his wife and mother earlier in the day. He was then shot and killed by an Austin police officer responding to the scene on campus.