Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Unidentified SXSW Celebrant

By Johannes Paulsen

Things got a little rowdy at the South by Southwest music and technology festival in Austin over the weekend. Apparently, someone was so amped up by SXSW’s eviction of a free speech activist because she refused to censor her Twitter feed, the film about the University of Texas Bell tower shooting from the 1960s winning some kind of award, and a speech by some guy who used to be president urging the citizenry to trade some more essential liberty for a little more imagined security, he decided to celebrate by launching a few rounds into the air . . .

Fox News has the story:

Shots were fired early Sunday on a downtown Austin, Texas, street crowded with people celebrating at the South by Southwest music and technology festival, police said.

Austin Police said several shots were fired into the air around 1:30 a.m. Sunday and witnesses said the gunfire caused the crowd to run in panic.

Police said one person was taken into custody and the gun was recovered….

Reports on social media indicated that a crowd of SXSW’ers fled the area in panic when the shots rang out, although there were …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns