It’s a bit more complicated than that blurb suggests. From deeper in the article:
An email to Utah State University threatened “the deadliest school shooting in American history” if the school did not cancel a lecture Wednesday morning by a well-known feminist writer and video game critic.
Feminists have ruined my life, and I will have my revenge, for my sake and the sake of all others they’ve wronged,” read the message from a sender who claimed to be a USU student.
The message threatened to rain gunfire and shrapnel upon a lecture by Sarkeesian, who created a feminist video blog and a video series on misogyny in video games. She was scheduled to speak at 11:30 a.m. at the Taggart Student Center Auditorium.
“A Montreal Massacre style attack will be carried out,” warned the message, sent to multiple departments and individuals around campus. “I have at my disposal a semi-automatic rifle, multiple pistols, and a collection of pipe bombs.”
She’s probably not familiar with - and likely scared of - gun culture. Given some of the mass killings which have happened over the last few years, I can understand her cancelling her speech.
To further understand this story I recommend reading up on #GamerGate.
The message threatened to rain gunfire and shrapnel upon a lecture by Sarkeesian, who created a feminist video blog and a video series on misogyny in video games. She was scheduled to speak at 11:30 a.m. at the Taggart Student Center Auditorium.
“A Montreal Massacre style attack will be carried out,” warned the message, sent to multiple departments and individuals around campus. “I have at my disposal a semi-automatic rifle, multiple pistols, and a collection of pipe bombs.”
Awfully formal English for a "USU student." Also a somewhat dated reference, for a USU student of the expected age, to the "Montreal Massacre." I suspect it is just more Gamergate blather, although it may be a false-flag operation.