Police: Six students cited in Nerf gun scare

[Nuclear Unicorn]

Police: Six students cited in Nerf gun scare

WAUSAU — Six Wausau West High School students involved in a Nerf game Tuesday that was misinterpreted as an actual gun battle were issued $240 disorderly conduct citations, police say.

The trouble began at 9:45 p.m., when a concerned resident reported seeing several people get out of a vehicle on Stevens Drive and point firearms at people inside another car, according to Wausau police. Officers responded with guns drawn and shut down a portion of the road as a precaution.

Police believed the threat was real, but instead found students, armed with Nerf guns, playing a game called Senior Shoot Out, a high school tradition. Also called Nerf Wars, the game involves teams of four who try to eliminate other players by shooting them with Nerf pellets.

http://www.wisconsinrapidstribune.com/article/20140424/WRT0101/304240430/Police-Six-students-cited-Nerf-gun-scare

This is where anti-gun hysteria gets us. The kids are lucky they weren't gunned down like the 13-year old with the airsoft rifle.

[Common Sense Party]

1. I would challenge the fine. There was nothing "disorderly" about their conduct.

Good hell, can't kids be kids anymore?

[Blue Owl]

2. Wow, wonder where the kids got that idea?

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[IronGate]

3. How the hell do you mistake a nerf gun for a real gun?

[Nuclear Unicorn]

4. They want to.

[Eleanors38]

7. That... that color scheme. e-Nerf said about this.

[clffrdjk]

5. Anyone know where I can get some "No Fun Zone" signs?

[Nuclear Unicorn]

6. John Ashcroft's house has a ton of 'em.

[Packerowner740]

8. My grandparents used to live near Wausau, just outside Merrill

I love the area. The story is just ridiculous.