<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><div>Courtesy of Time Magazine at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://time.com/4143249/gun-rights-groups-plan-mock-mass-shooting-university-of-texas/">http://time.com/4143249/gun-rights-groups-plan-mock-mass-shooting-university-of-texas/</a></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------</div><div><h2 class="article-title" itemprop="headline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: franklin-gothic-urw, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; font-size: 38px; letter-spacing: -0.03em; color: rgb(24, 24, 24); line-height: 1; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Gun Rights Groups Plan Mock Mass Shooting at Texas University</h2></div><div><h2 class="article-excerpt" itemprop="alternativeHeadline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.83em 0px; line-height: 1.1; max-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Their goal is to end gun-free zones by highlighting the need for armed good samaritans</span></font></h2><div class="clipper-content clipper--loaded clipper--is-clipped" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto;"><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; max-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Guns rights groups are planning to <a href="http://www.statesman.com/news/news/gun-rights-groups-to-stage-mock-mass-shooting-at-u/npf38/" target="_blank" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">stage</a> a fake mass shooting at the University of Texas at Austin in an attempt to end gun-free zones at the university.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; max-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The event will begin with an open-carry walk with real guns, to be followed by a mock mass shooting using cardboard guns and fake blood, the Austin <em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">American-Statesman</em> reports. The groups, Come and Take It Texas and <a href="http://dontcomply.com">DontComply.com</a>, argue that this will demonstrate the need for armed good samaritans who can take down attackers before police can arrive on the scene.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; max-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">While loaded weapons are currently prohibited on campus, a new Texas law will go into effect in August allowing concealed weapons to be carried in all but certain restricted places on campuses. These groups want to make sure there are as few gun-free zones as possible.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; max-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“We want criminals to fear the public being armed,” spokesperson Matthew Short told the <em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">Statesman</em>. “An armed society is a polite society.” When asked by the paper if he was concerned that the event would be found in poor taste after recent mass shootings in Paris and San Bernardino, Short said no. “Not at all,” the spokesperson replied. “People were able to be murdered people because no one was armed.”</span></p></div></div><div>---------------------------------<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></body></html>