I got shot in the eye with one from about 10 feet. Little handgun with Velcro dart. Hurt like fark. Scratched my eye. Dr visit. No patch. Headaches for a week.

/annies boobs

Nerf guns cause a riot?Anthony Edwards would be killed on sight if he tried to pull that paintball shiat today. I pity college kids and the candy ass world they live in.

Anyone remember the nerf-like rpg launcher they had in the late 80's? Damn I wanted one of those.

The pic with the story shows a tower. How retro. Any more these days, if a story relates to weapons on a college campus, they allude to VTech.

Proud alumnus.

foo monkey: I got shot in the eye with one from about 10 feet. Little handgun with Velcro dart. Hurt like fark. Scratched my eye. Dr visit. No patch. Headaches for a week.

That's why my kid has a whole bunch of shop glasses in his Nerf ammo storage box. No safety glasses, no Nerf darts.

Happy Hours: I'm so glad I am not a college student today. When I went to school shiat like this didn't happen. The police would think "idiots with nerf guns" and if they weren't bothering anyone they wouldn't stop munching on their donuts.

The worst that ever happened along these lines when I was in college is someone thought about calling in a bomb threat to a gay event (yeah, we may have been a little homophobic back then, but it was the fashion at the time). This was before caller ID so we probably would have gotten away with it but nobody could muster up the effort between bong hits to actually do it.

Instead we usually just signed each other up for any commercial that came on TV. Truck driving school? Yeah, I'll call in and give my friend's name and address. Get rich quick in real estate? Get saved by Ernest Angley? Michigan tourist board? Hell yes.

drunken buddies kept a steady stream of ronco bamboo steamers and subscriptions to Playboy coming to my house in the late '70s. they would crack up like children at the mention of the annoyance, so proud of themselves. dorks.

Oh my god. What a bunch of panzies we've become when the mere sight of a gun (Nerf or otherwise) automatically throws us into a panic.

Nation of Cowards.

what a bunch of nerfherders

Heh, even back in 1982 Steve Jackson was warning about being careful so as not to cause undo alarm in the people around you.

Mr. Cat Poop: Nerf guns cause a riot?Anthony Edwards would be killed on sight if he tried to pull that paintball shiat today. I pity college kids and the candy ass world they live in.

This.

+1 Internets for wisdom and making me laugh

BrynnMacFlynn: Teen Wolf Blitzer: Anyone remember the nerf-like rpg launcher they had in the late 80's? Damn I wanted one of those.

I'll do you one better.

Link (new window)

*cue Tim the Toolman Taylor laugh*

Vulcan sucks, prone to jamming and is a battery hog, (is pretty sweet looking though ) for rocket launcher love you need the Titan

Have their been any more 'ninja sword' umbrella sightings on campus recently? Those crack me up.

Raoul Eaton: foo monkey: I got shot in the eye with one from about 10 feet. Little handgun with Velcro dart. Hurt like fark. Scratched my eye. Dr visit. No patch. Headaches for a week.

That's why my kid has a whole bunch of shop glasses in his Nerf ammo storage box. No safety glasses, no Nerf darts.

Stand up parent right here. I have hope yet.

Meanwhile millions of nail clippers go undetected. Whatever shall we do if somebody uses them? God bless the TSA for their vigilance

queezyweezel: Xenomech: Nation of Cowards.

I know. A bunch of kids get shot at school, and suddenly people are cautious and scared. Crazy, huh?

It is, actually.

My college buddies and I all bought battery powered water Uzis. This was in 1987. No orange tip. Full black. We ran aquarium tubing from the pipe in the magazine to gallon water jugs in backpacks to limit reload time. Today, they would put us UNDER the jail.

Good times..

queezyweezel: Xenomech: Nation of Cowards.

I know. A bunch of kids get shot at school, and suddenly people are cautious and scared. Crazy, huh?

It actually is, considering the events are rare yet we piss ourselves in terror and treat people with felt stitchings of handguns on purses as bloodthirsty murderers and terrorists. "Being safer" doesn't wean we have to go insane and treat everything slightly dangerous as the end of civilization or the world.

Too obscure?

Mock26: [img.photobucket.com image 337x442]

Heh, even back in 1982 Steve Jackson was warning about being careful so as not to cause undo alarm in the people around you.

and then they got raided in 1990 by the Secret Service.

Raoul Eaton: foo monkey: I got shot in the eye with one from about 10 feet. Little handgun with Velcro dart. Hurt like fark. Scratched my eye. Dr visit. No patch. Headaches for a week.

That's why my kid has a whole bunch of shop glasses in his Nerf ammo storage box. No safety glasses, no Nerf darts.

The asshole shot me at work with no warning.

This is why toy guns are brightly colored.

foo monkey: I got shot in the eye with one from about 10 feet. Little handgun with Velcro dart. Hurt like fark. Scratched my eye. Dr visit. No patch. Headaches for a week.



I used to be a gamer like you...

Man On Fire: Mock26: [img.photobucket.com image 337x442]

Heh, even back in 1982 Steve Jackson was warning about being careful so as not to cause undo alarm in the people around you.

and then they got raided in 1990 by the Secret Service.

Yep. And all because some moran thought that the Cyberpunk rule book was a "handbook for computer crime"! And if I remember correctly this case actually led to a lot of changes in regards to obtaining search warrants and such.

Keizer_Ghidorah: queezyweezel: Xenomech: Nation of Cowards.

I know. A bunch of kids get shot at school, and suddenly people are cautious and scared. Crazy, huh?

It actually is, considering the events are rare yet we piss ourselves in terror and treat people with felt stitchings of handguns on purses as bloodthirsty murderers and terrorists. "Being safer" doesn't wean we have to go insane and treat everything slightly dangerous as the end of civilization or the world.

Sadly this is the same area where Illegal Mexicans are killing people with cars, & no alert is made at all, but sure enough some guy mad at his gf, & a Nerf Game . . . Then this crap . . . Now I feel sooo safe . . . That's why here Ron White's security system works for the individual people . . . School incident- "Not a helmet day" . . . Cop pulls over Illegal immagrant & lets him go- "Helmet day" . . .

Cancel the lockdown, it's only zombies

KrispyKritter: Happy Hours: I'm so glad I am not a college student today. When I went to school shiat like this didn't happen. The police would think "idiots with nerf guns" and if they weren't bothering anyone they wouldn't stop munching on their donuts.

The worst that ever happened along these lines when I was in college is someone thought about calling in a bomb threat to a gay event (yeah, we may have been a little homophobic back then, but it was the fashion at the time). This was before caller ID so we probably would have gotten away with it but nobody could muster up the effort between bong hits to actually do it.

Instead we usually just signed each other up for any commercial that came on TV. Truck driving school? Yeah, I'll call in and give my friend's name and address. Get rich quick in real estate? Get saved by Ernest Angley? Michigan tourist board? Hell yes.

drunken buddies kept a steady stream of ronco bamboo steamers and subscriptions to Playboy coming to my house in the late '70s. they would crack up like children at the mention of the annoyance, so proud of themselves. dorks.

Someone in my circle of friends kept signing us up for crappy trinkets with "magic healing powers" that they found advertised in the back of tabloids. Never found out who it was, which seemed strange--I'd think most of the fun would be in the smirk.

My collection:



Planning on doing a fundraiser at my old college to support terminally ill kids...I figure $10 - 15, 2 hours, shoot the hell out of each other, no need to bring your own guns, good cause etc.

Modded:
2 Vulcans (RoF - upgraded from 9v to 15v and doubled the chains)
2 NiteFinders (Barrel/plunger, ARs, distance and power)
3 Mavs (ARs, barrell whips all the way out now)

Tried to mod a Barrel Break what a PITA. Never again.

Keizer_Ghidorah: queezyweezel: Xenomech: Nation of Cowards.

I know. A bunch of kids get shot at school, and suddenly people are cautious and scared. Crazy, huh?

It actually is, considering the events are rare yet we piss ourselves in terror and treat people with felt stitchings of handguns on purses as bloodthirsty murderers and terrorists. "Being safer" doesn't wean we have to go insane and treat everything slightly dangerous as the end of civilization or the world.

So, you position is that if you see someone at a location where guns are not allowed (on campus, in a business, etc.), it is crazy and paranoid to contact authorities? Please note, no one has confirmed that the person in the article actually was someone with a nerf gun, that is just conjecture.

As punishment the perp should be fed to the zombies.

crap like this is gonna get HvZ canceled everywhere.

gorramit...

ZvH or HvZ has been happening on the University of Washington campus for several years, pretty much every nice day while school is in session. I suspect that they use the dorms on rainy days.

Only the most mentally challenged hyper prude would ever think this was anything more than a bunch of semi adults playing tag.

remember Fantasy Sports is D+D for Jocks.

farkindood: crap like this is gonna get anything fun canceled everywhere.

gorramit...

FTFY. Farking cowards everywhere. They need a good ass kicking

MycroftHolmes: Keizer_Ghidorah: queezyweezel: Xenomech: Nation of Cowards.

I know. A bunch of kids get shot at school, and suddenly people are cautious and scared. Crazy, huh?

It actually is, considering the events are rare yet we piss ourselves in terror and treat people with felt stitchings of handguns on purses as bloodthirsty murderers and terrorists. "Being safer" doesn't wean we have to go insane and treat everything slightly dangerous as the end of civilization or the world.

So, you position is that if you see someone at a location where guns are not allowed (on campus, in a business, etc.), it is crazy and paranoid to contact authorities? Please note, no one has confirmed that the person in the article actually was someone with a nerf gun, that is just conjecture.

It's good to be cautious, it's not good to be paranoid.

At least at State they were gun-shaped. At ECU a guy with an umbrella sticking out of his backpack spooked people.

/we didn't care, we had a cannon

"students battle other students dressed as zombies with Nerf guns and other weapons" -- who writes this crap? Is there an editor in the house?

/lawn. off.

MycroftHolmes: Keizer_Ghidorah: queezyweezel: Xenomech: Nation of Cowards.

I know. A bunch of kids get shot at school, and suddenly people are cautious and scared. Crazy, huh?

It actually is, considering the events are rare yet we piss ourselves in terror and treat people with felt stitchings of handguns on purses as bloodthirsty murderers and terrorists. "Being safer" doesn't wean we have to go insane and treat everything slightly dangerous as the end of civilization or the world.

So, you position is that if you see someone at a location where guns are not allowed (on campus, in a business, etc.), it is crazy and paranoid to contact authorities? Please note, no one has confirmed that the person in the article actually was someone with a nerf gun, that is just conjecture.

your hypothetical is far too vague.

So, you position is that if you see someone at a location where guns are not allowed (on campus, in a business, etc.)

what is the person doing? In what manner are they carrying? is there reasonable articulable suspicion that a crime is in commission? Are you certain that the area is not legal to carry in? I could go on.

The problem is that almost no one who is scared of guns is also *knowledgeable* about guns. For instance, I live in a state where it would be perfectly lawful for anyone who can legally own a firearm to open carry that firearm on a campus. It's also legal for that person to enter any business that is open to the public even if there is a no guns sign. Now that person open carrying on a campus is likely to be the subject of a highly overzealous police response even if they were doing nothing more threatening than walking their dog. The person who enters a business that is open to the public would also be obliged to leave the business if requested by the owner or agent thereof, not complying with the request to leave would then be defiant trespass but it would be so regardless of the reason they were asked to leave or whether they were carrying or not.

So a person merely bearing arms is no more likely to be a criminal than any other person walking down the street. Sure, if you are *certain* firearms are not allowed on campus you might have a good reason for calling the police but it seems like the people most likely to call the police at the mere sight of a firearm are also the ones least qualified to know whether they *should* call the police.

I found this highly amusing. Steampunk folks like to take Nerf guns and paint them with brown and metallic brass paints because their general shape is highly compatible with Steampunk aesthetics.

These guys reversed the flow and rendered all their Steampunk garb and accessories back into Nerf colors.

Walked down the Nerf Isle at Target looking a present for my god son. I must be a nerd because I thought they were pretty cool looking and I'm old.

Keizer_Ghidorah: MycroftHolmes: Keizer_Ghidorah: queezyweezel: Xenomech: Nation of Cowards.

I know. A bunch of kids get shot at school, and suddenly people are cautious and scared. Crazy, huh?

It actually is, considering the events are rare yet we piss ourselves in terror and treat people with felt stitchings of handguns on purses as bloodthirsty murderers and terrorists. "Being safer" doesn't wean we have to go insane and treat everything slightly dangerous as the end of civilization or the world.

So, you position is that if you see someone at a location where guns are not allowed (on campus, in a business, etc.), it is crazy and paranoid to contact authorities? Please note, no one has confirmed that the person in the article actually was someone with a nerf gun, that is just conjecture.

It's good to be cautious, it's not good to be paranoid.

So, you are saying that calling the police when you see someone with what you think is a gun, or the school issuing a report that there has been an unconfirmed report of someone with a gun, qualifies as paranoid. You are trying really, really hard to work up righteous indignation on this one. This was a perfectly reasonable response.