A K LEO T H E
MONDAY, MARCH 12 to TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2012 VOLUME 106 ISSUE 81
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Airsoft shootings
threaten residents TAYLOR MORRIS Staff Writer Students are choosing to combat their boredom in the dorms by engaging in seemingly innocent violence – but Airsoft guns have the potential to harm everyone involved. “It’s not fun and games, although it seems like it to the people doing it [shooting others],” said Campus Security Captain Donald Dawson. There have been approximately fi ve incidents over the past semester in which residents have reportedly been shooting people with Airsoft guns. Most of the shootings have targeted random students on the road while the shooters are safely hidden in the resident dorms and apartments. A recent incident, however, included a parking guard being shot at, and is thought to have been a planned act of aggression. Although Airsoft guns cannot infl ict as much injury as a real fi rearm, they can cause extreme pain to the victim. Wilson Lei, a junior marine biology major, shared
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