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Spooking the Herd

Swatting mayhem: Universities scrambling to respond to hoax active shooter reports [More]

An expectation of certain public caning upon conviction followed by 20 years busting rocks would put the crimp on a lot of impulses. Unfortunately, that would just net the stupid ones. Then again, maybe the government doesn’t want to admit how much it can crack and trace because of larger priorities.

As for real threats, less of this and more of this would go a long way toward making things right.

[Via Michael G]

Life in the Gun-Free Zone

Villanova University said a report of a possible shooter at its law school was a “cruel hoax,” after it issued an alert warning of an active shooter on its Pennsylvania campus on Thursday… The incident, which occurred as the school was celebrating its orientation mass to welcome new students, sparked a large local and federal law enforcement response, and “panic and terror ensued,”… [More]

What, nobody drew their own gun…?

[Via Michael G]

A Taste of Notoriety

Sheriff says he’ll start raising kids for parents by showing their mugshot and perp walking them after school shooting hoaxes [More]

Avoiding the issue solves nothing.

[Via Edmund M]

A Snitch in Time

Court records say the alleged false accusation was made anonymously to the child abuse hotline… [More]

What’s that got to do with guns?

[Via bondmen]

Shenna Bellowed

Maine’s secretary of state targeted in swatting call after removing Trump from ballot [More]

Who made the call?

And who do they want us to believe made the call?

What side “normally” pulls hate hoaxes?

The Faux MAGA Menace

Denver Police Investigating ‘Hoax’ Threat To Colorado Justices After Trump Ruling; FBI ‘Aware’ [More]

“FBI aware”? You mean the ones who propogate the “MAGA = Terorist” meme?

And does “hoax” mean a Democrat made it?

[Via bondmen]

National Socialists At It Again

Unless we missed it, no journalist has been able to interview a member of the Patriot Front or identify the leader of the group. You’d think an intrepid reporter could trace the U-Haul truck to the person who rented it … The same seems to go for the 15 or so Nazis who gathered in front of the entrance to Disney World in Florida and waved Nazi flags and DeSantis flags. [More]

It’s almost as if they’re D e m o c r a t e mbedded assets or something…

[Via Michael G]

New Twist on an Old Classic

“This man, allegedly, according to police, ran through the mall shouting ‘Gun!’ and, quote, ‘He has a gun!'” [Watch]

The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

And there damn well had better be a fire.

Then again, Ontario Mills Mall is a Simon Property, and we know what that means.

[Via 1Gat]

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