If You Attend NYU, Making Imitation Rifles In Your Dorm Room Is a Very Dumb Idea

New York Post reports he was arrested and charged with six misdemeanor violations of a local law that prohibits the possession or sale of air rifles and replica firearms.

Then a statement from NYU was released: 

“NYU does not permit guns—real or fake—on campus,” the university's Vice President for Global Security and Crisis Management, Jules Martin, wrote in an email to residents of Goal's dorm today. “In this day and age, especially given recent events at Virginia Tech and Newtown, Conn., the University will respond swiftly to protect the safety of our community when there is even a possibility of gun involvement.”

Campus blog NYU Local, meanwhile, has quotes from his suitemates. Via:

We spoke with three of Goal’s suitemates last night after police left their room. The boys, who wished to remain anonymous, described the events of Monday night and Tuesday afternoon. “The cops were in our room for the entire night,” they said. “The NYU guards and the NYPD were here at all times, and they would switch shifts. They were basically here making sure nobody tampered with the evidence in the room.”

Goal’s suitemates, however, believe that in light of the recent events in Boston, their roommate’s story has been overhyped. “It’s all a result of what happened in Boston and people reacting,” said one. A second agreed, and added that “that’s exactly how NYU wants to view it. Because they don’t want it to be like, ‘crazy NYU student, don’t come here!’” And as for the claims that he ran a “weapons factory” out of his dorm room? His roommates dismissed this, reiterating that his collection had just been part of a hobby.

Guns on college campus are already a hot button issue in itself, part of a spoke in the much bigger societal debate of gun regulation at large. Just a few weeks ago a massive campus shooter scare was sparked by a 'Humans vs. Zombies' game at the University of Rhode Island. Goes without saying that it's probably best to not push it. That's just common sense. 

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