ID: Man Carryng Pool Cue Case Shuts Down University

Gun Watch ^ | 3 March, 2017 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

Our universities have become hotbeds of paranoia about guns. They have become irrational about guns in the hands of anyone who is not wearing a uniform. The paranoia has spread to any object that might be perceived as similar to a gun.

Idaho University at Pocatello showed this paranoia on Monday, the 27th of February, 2017.  A student reported seeing a man carrying what she thought was a gun *case*.  This deserves emphasis.  She did not see a gun.  She thought she saw a gun case. The police were quickly alerted and the school was pretty much shut down as the police searched buildings for the "threat". From kpvi.com:

Pocatello Police and Idaho State University’s Public Safety police were all hands on deck, after reports of a man carrying a gun case on campus.

It all happened around 2:00 p.m. Staff and students were quickly alerted through text messages that police were on campus. Text alerts were sent to Idaho State University students warning them of an unidentified man carrying a gun case on the north side of Frazier Hall. About six police cars were on campus. Pocatello police assisted campus public safety. Some officers could be seen carrying funs after going through each building and sweeping the campus.

There were no shots. There was no brandishing of a firearm. There was no gun. There was no gun case.  It turned out that it was a pool cue case that was innocently carried on campus.  From kpvi.com:

ISU’s public safety officers and Pocatello Police were all on scene screening every building. More than 24 hours later police say the situation was unfounded. Kyle Mauck posted a picture on Facebook saying at the time the report came in, he was walking on campus near Frazier Hall with his pool cues bag, and may have been mistaken as someone with a gun case. PPD tells KPVI Mauck went to police saying he might be the person they were looking for. Police continued their investigation this morning. They showed the witness a picture of Mauck with the pool cues bag. The witness says, that’s the person they saw with the case.

Think of all the ways a person who wanted to conceal a gun could do so, especially on a northern campus in winter.  Any pistol, including the largest, could be concealed under a parka or most practical winter coats.  Most shotguns and rifles including most semi-automatics, can be easily broken down to fit inside a gym bag.  Most would not need to be broken down to fit inside a duffel bag.

I will let the reader dwell on the possibilities of card board boxes, cases for art supplies, the famous brass instruments, and other containers.

It is utterly insane to react this way to seeing a container. In a sane society, we would not act that way for the sighting of a rifle, shotgun, or pistol carried in a non-threatening manner. In New York City, in the 1950's, people routinely rode the subway with rifles and shotguns without any panic.

This is the result of brainwashing.  We are raising a number of hoplophobes. But they are very selective hoblophobes. If the gunman is wearing a uniform, they are immediately perceived as non-threatening.  Perhaps the most "successful" mass shooter of all time put on a uniform to kill 77 people in 2011 in Norway.

We need more than just concealed carry on campus. This incident shows that we need open carry on campus. A dose of reality is required to undo this psychological conditioning.


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[marktwain]

What will they shut down campus over next? Violin cases?

Golf bags?

Winter coats?

Ski cases?

Gym bags?

[DIRTYSECRET]

Six-finger.

[max americana]

“There were no shots. “

There will be. 8 ball side pocket. Stupid snowflakes.

[stylin19a]

It’s now pretty much safe to carry a weapon in a pool cue case on campus.

[Hodar]

I still laugh at the idea of driving to school with rifles and shotguns hanging in the rear window of the pickup. We parked on school property with our firearms in full display, and usually even left the doors unlocked. The rifle and shotgun had shells in the magazines, but never anything chambered.

Why? Because you never knew when the perfect opportunity to take out game would arise.

[BenLurkin]

Whew. For a moment there I was afraid it might be one of the Fiends from Vegas come on campus.

[AFreeBird]

I’m conflicted.

[21twelve]

We were supposed to keep our guns in the locker at Security, but they never seemed to get back there after hunting season my freshman year.

My older brother said they would take their shotguns out of the dorms, cross the street and hunt pheasant in the field just on the other side. Some people complained and a cop stopped them. “Yeah, I know it’s legal - but we’re getting lots of complaints - so just knock it off!”

My daughter keeps hers locked up at school - an actual police station. One day she bought some shells on sale and went to drop them off (they aren’t allowed in the dorms either). Although the cop told her “Oh - you didn’t need to make a special trip - a few boxes of shells in your room isn’t going to bother anybody.” (It is Montana though!)

[D Rider]

Embarrassing, this was Idaho after all.

[mrsmith]

Eddie: Fat Man, you shoot a great game of pool.
Minnesota Fats: So do you, Fast Eddie.
Eddie: Well, I can just make my next class.

[bgill]

[lee martell]

Do not take your Violin Case out of the trunk on this campus!

[Red Badger]

Is this the school with the smurf turf?.....

[Fightin Whitey]

school with the smurf turf?.....

Nope, that's Boise State.

Oddly enough, the U of Idaho in Moscow has an annual week of airsoft combat, with students running all over the place with AR-looking air rifles...you get hit, you are out, that kind of thing.

Furthermore the Idaho legislature has been trying for years to pass a guns-allowed-on-campus bill for some years now. I was under the impression they had finally got it done recently...but this little pool stick incident seems to suggest otherwise.

Are they going to shut down over umbrellas next?

[rey]

i drew police at a public pool with my folding chair in a case.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

What a disappointment. Not ten minutes ago, things were really looking up for Pocatello:

Obama Administration Wiretapping Trump Compelling

Pocatello Idaho State Journal
March 11, 2017

Now all that good is undone by a pool cue.

[Vendome]

It is utterly insane to react this way to seeing a container. In a sane society, we would not act that way for the sighting of a rifle, shotgun, or pistol carried in a non-threatening manner. In New York City, in the 1950’s, people routinely rode the subway with rifles and shotguns without any panic.

This is the result of brainwashing...

Zactly

[BBell]

[BBell]

[PLMerite]

Looks like my next psycho girlfriend.