Panic at a basketball game in Mansfield Texas after reports of a man with a gun.

[Swede]

“Mass panic during a game in Mansfield today after a coach and parent got into it, one of them went to the car to get a gun”

Link to tweet

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Thank Gregg Abbott for permitless conceal carry.

What is this country coming to?

[Aristus]

2. Panic? I thought they lived for this shit!

"Guy with a gun? Bring it! Got m'gunzzz right here. Got somethin' fer his ass!..."

[tanyev]

3. My local news reported that the gun was never brought in the building,

but soon after people inside were yelling about someone (outside) having a gun, someone inside tripped on something that made a loud bang—panic ensued.

How sad is it that that is where we are now? A sharp loud noise can cause a panic because everyone knows there’s a really high chance of it being gunfire.

[crickets]

6. Glad to know it was a false alarm, tanyev.

While it's a relief the gun was never in the building, there still was an idiot outside with a gun scaring the daylights out of people.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/panic-ensues-at-basketball-tournament-after-altercation-and-claims-of-shots-fired/3242599/

[tanyev]

7. Oh, yes, the gun outside is bad enough.

It’s just awful how on edge we as a society are now in any public gathering. And it’s practically a necessity to be on alert all the time because it can happen anywhere, anytime.

[crickets]

4. *sigh*

If guns aren't the problem and people are the problem, why do you want the problem to have guns? #NRALogic

Link to tweet

[LonePirate]

5. The person who went to retrieve a gun should be charged with a crime.

That person clearly intended to use their gun to either threaten or harm at least one other person. I know Texas has some ridiculous gun laws; but those are crimes in most other states.

[samsingh]

8. this the republican world - constant fear, death, and treachery

lots of guns and happy funeral homes

[IcyPeas]

9. Imagine 1st and 2nd grade kids going thru this......