Guns n' Butter
So, Icchan, you may be interested in this story. It's old hat by now but I thought I'd recount it for those of you not in the dorms. That, and I forgot about it until just now.

So Friday, I'm sitting at work in the Math building [yay] when I get an IM from Cat. She confuses me greatly by going off on a rant about kids with guns. She explains that she was just now let back into her room, as when she returned from class she found the dorms evacuated and the National Guard roping off Hamilton Complex. I don't know the whole story, but apparently some bozo was running around with a BB gun and people freaked the hell out and called the cops. Not just the cops, the fucking Guard and there were guys with freaking elephant stunners walking around campus. I guess the poor, stupid kid isn't getting charged with anything but it's still sad that it had to happen. Duh, don't wave your toys around and we won't have to call in people with bigger ones to sit your ass down. Rumors were all over about a hostage situation and suicide and things like that but it turns out that the kid let the feds search his room and all they found was an air gun or bb gun or something like that.

It's not even so much that people can't handle their weapons as the fact that they can't handle how people will react to them. Fear is a strong emotion. Ya gotta anticipate this.