The Life of Eric

Gun + A&M Campus = Idiot

First off, I suggest you read this story...

Student brandishes BB gun in Blocker

The brief synopsis....Some stupid kid decides to hold an "experiment" on campus by bringing a rifle sized BB Gun to his classes for a month. He gets caught in Blocker after trying to conceal it, gets arrested and then kicked off campus. He does this "to get people's reaction".

Ok, now I can give everyone my thoughts (aren't you excited?! I am). There are (apparently) two different view points once can take on this situation. Either A) The kid was stupid and deserves to be banned from campus or B) What?!?! The cops WAY over-reacted! The kid was doing a science experiment!!! The "MAN" is putting us down! Damn the MAN!

Now, I can ALMOST see the (B) version, however there are some fatal flaws with that "theory". Let me elaborate.

1. The kid is NOT a Psychology Major. He's a freakin' Ag Econ Major. I don't think Ag Econ majors do very many "experiments". If they do, they are obviouly stupid like this


2. He tries to get into a CLASSROOM with the gun drawn, can't get in, and then conceals it. Are you STUPID? (Wait, he is, never mind).


3. He had the gun in the waist of his sweatpants and then told the cop it was "just a game". Again, look at the subject of this entry...Idiot. You betcha.


4. "..he likes to see the reactions of the people to the weapon and he said that he'd apparently been watching too many cop shows." WHAT?!?!?! Are you freakin' KIDDING ME?!?! How many cop shows have you seen where people act to be (I'm going to make a very far reaching stretch here) terrorists (yes, I know its far reaching, I just told you that) on a college campus for over a month, and think that its a GOOD idea? Ugh.


5. He (apparently) also took it on A&M Buses. Man, right there I would have (if I was driving) called in a 10-78, and tried to see where the subject went. Thats just insane.

So, my conclusion is.... Kick the kid off campus and charge him with being stupid. In this day in age a "joke" or "experiment" of this nature is in poor taste and I'm glad "The Man" is putting this one individual down. It's almost like a Postal Worker brandishing a realistic looking water gun to work and pretending its real. Yeah, that would be a very smart thing to do, and I'm sure people would think it was Hil-arious!

I'm sorry, I just had to get all of this out. After hearing both sides of the fence, I had to at least vent to something.

Damn the "man"...except in this case.

posted by Eric Webb @ 7:35 AM