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Judi Lynn

(160,617 posts)
Sat Dec 12, 2015, 06:54 PM Dec 2015

Mock mass shooting met by counter demonstrators in Texas

Source: Associated Press

Mock mass shooting met by counter demonstrators in Texas


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Gun rights activist Jason Orsek holds a sign as he prepares for a march near the University of Texas. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Published: December 12, 2015

AUSTIN, Texas – A mock mass shooting near the University of Texas is over with little fanfare after gun rights activists were met by a counter demonstration of noise makers and sex toys.

About a dozen people with the groups Come and Take It Texas and Dontcomply.com briefly marched today with rifles near the 50,000-student campus in Austin. They then quietly gathered several blocks away and pretended to “shoot” six victims near a chapel with cardboard guns.

A heavy police presence and counter-demonstrators well outnumbered the group.

The gun-rights activists say they purposely moved the event away from the cameras to show that mass shootings can happen anywhere.


Read more: http://www.tbo.com/ap/mock-mass-shooting-met-by-counter-demonstrators-in-texas-20151212/

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Mock mass shooting met by counter demonstrators in Texas (Original Post) Judi Lynn Dec 2015 OP
OMFG LiberalElite Dec 2015 #1
I suspect they moved away from the cameras to avoid embarrassment.... mike_c Dec 2015 #2
I was kind of worried that a christx30 Dec 2015 #3
that Orsek feller has covered his knuckles in tiny little penises drawn in marker MisterP Dec 2015 #4
My parents were at the anti-gun christx30 Dec 2015 #5
why does that guy have dicks painted on his fingers? Marrah_G Dec 2015 #6
Each tiny dick entitles him to own another gun. yellowcanine Dec 2015 #7
LOL Marrah_G Dec 2015 #8
The noisemakers were FART GUNS TexasBushwhacker Dec 2015 #9

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
1. OMFG
Sat Dec 12, 2015, 06:58 PM
Dec 2015

"The gun-rights activists say they purposely moved the event away from the cameras to show that mass shootings can happen anywhere." AS IF WE DON'T KNOW THAT ALREADY A-HOLES?

mike_c

(36,281 posts)
2. I suspect they moved away from the cameras to avoid embarrassment....
Sat Dec 12, 2015, 07:04 PM
Dec 2015

Sounds like their protest was a dud.

christx30

(6,241 posts)
3. I was kind of worried that a
Sat Dec 12, 2015, 07:37 PM
Dec 2015

real mass shooter would use the mock mass shooting as cover. Glad nothing like that happened. This stupid thing is over with no injuries.

MisterP

(23,730 posts)
4. that Orsek feller has covered his knuckles in tiny little penises drawn in marker
Sat Dec 12, 2015, 08:20 PM
Dec 2015

YOU'VE SEEN IT! NOW YOU CAN'T UNSEE IT!

christx30

(6,241 posts)
5. My parents were at the anti-gun
Mon Dec 14, 2015, 01:03 PM
Dec 2015

protest. They marched at the capitol and down congress. I would loved to have gone, if I didn't have to work.




College kids, some with no idea of life-long consequences, alcohol, and you want to add guns to the mix? Sounds like a WONDERFUL plan to me.

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