[fwdude]

These “students” were not protesting the Vietnam war; they had firebombed the ROTC building, had doused trees in gasoline and caught them on fire, basically terrorized the town residence for weeks and, at the time of the shootings, were throwing bricks and other debris at guardsmen, chanting “kill! Kill! Kill!”

The guardsmen were justified in their very restrained response.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Using an M1 Garand also showed that the 30-06 had lots more power than the M-16 mouse gun. The M2 bullet kept on going and going and going. Besides, it could have been worse.

[PA Engineer]

These “students” were not protesting the Vietnam war; they had firebombed the ROTC building, had doused trees in gasoline and caught them on fire, basically terrorized the town residence for weeks and, at the time of the shootings, were throwing bricks and other debris at guardsmen, chanting “kill! Kill! Kill!”

The guardsmen were justified in their very restrained response.

Really?

[octex]

These “students” were not protesting the Vietnam war; they had firebombed the ROTC building, had doused trees in gasoline and caught them on fire, basically terrorized the town residence for weeks and, at the time of the shootings, were throwing bricks and other debris at guardsmen, chanting “kill! Kill! Kill!” The guardsmen were justified in their very restrained response.
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Agree. I’ve never faulted the NG at Kent St. The rioters had been at it for days and then one of their instigators fired a weapon; the spark that caused the NG to fire in response. .....A few years ago, I saw a photo or something on TV that showed the initial shooter holding the handgun just before or after he fired the shot.