Title: During the first mass school shooting, armed students fired back | by Meagan Day | Timeline
Headings: During the first mass school shooting, armed students fired back
During the first mass school shooting, armed students fired back
Now Texas is letting students carry guns on college campuses again in order to defend themselves
By Meagan Day

Content: “It seemed like every other guy had a rifle,” said Ann Major. “ There was a sort of cowboy atmosphere, this ‘Let’s get him’ spirit.” “I don’t know where these vigilantes came from,” said Brenda Bell, “but they took over Parlin Hall and were crashing around, firing guns. There was massive testosterone.” Another eyewitness described “two guys in white shirts and slacks running across the lawn of the Pi Phi house, hustling up to its porch with rifles at the ready.” Yet another remembered that “students with deer rifles were leaning up against telephone poles, using the pole, which is rather narrow, as their shield. And they were firing like crazy back at the tower.” Smoke could be seen from Whitman’s gun as he fired from the tower of the University of Texas administration building at people below. © AP
Luckily, none of these civilian bullets hit innocent bystanders. But none of them hit Whitman, either.