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Multiple Cities Got Hoax Active School Shooter Calls Last Week That Originated in a Foreign Country

March 5, 2025April 2, 2023 by Grace Stevens

The rash of calls follows similar trends in other parts of the country that began this week. “I want to say how sad I am that there are individuals in this world that would report a hoax like this on our high school students, the staff, our police officers, our fire officers — how sad … Read more

Gun Confiscation for Dummies: ‘Red Flag’ Laws are Virtual SWATing

March 6, 2025December 2, 2021 by TTAG Contributor

By Tom Vaughn MD ‘Red Flag Gun Laws’, or ‘Gun Violence Restraining Orders’ are becoming increasingly popular among opponents of the right to keep and bear arms. Politicians from both major parties seem anxious to use these laws strip Americans of their right to armed self-defense guaranteed by the Second Amendment, as well as their … Read more

Tennessee Man Gets 5 Years for ‘SWATting’ That Resulted in the Target’s Death

March 6, 2025July 24, 2021 by TTAG Contributor

From the Associated Press . . . A Tennessee man was sentenced to five years in prison this week for his role in an international “swatting” scheme that led to a person’s death, The Commercial Appeal reported. Authorities said Shane Sonderman, of Lauderdale County, worked with others, including a minor in Great Britain, to try to … Read more

Politicians are Dead Wrong About the Danger of Red Flag Laws

September 14, 2019 by TTAG Contributor

By the Firearms Policy Coalition In the era of “just do something” public policy, legislators on both sides of the aisle are pitching red flag legislation as a moderate form of gun control; one having a positive impact on mental health reform while simultaneously keeping Americans safe. Nothing could be further from the truth, and … Read more

SWATter Gets 20 Years in Prison

March 30, 2019 by Dan Zimmerman

If you’re a regular reader, you’ll remember our posts on a SWATting incident in Wichita, Kansas that resulted in the shooting death of an innocent man. A Call of Duty gamer in Los Angeles, Tyler Barriss, was later arrested for phoning in phony report of a shooting and kidnapping. Barriss pleaded guilty to making the false … Read more

Call of Duty Gamer Pleads Guilty to Deadly SWATing of Wichita Man

November 20, 2018 by Dan Zimmerman

In December of 2017, Tyler Barriss of Los Angeles was playing Call of Duty with another gamer in Wichita. The two got into some kind of dispute and Barriss “SWATted” the Wichita player. But the other gamer, Shane Gaskill, suspecting what was happening, gave Barris an old address. When Barriss reported a shooting and kidnapping in … Read more

Call of Duty Gamer Dispute Allegedly Results in Innocent Man’s Death by Swatting

December 29, 2017 by Dan Zimmerman

Gee, we thought gaming was supposed to be, you know, fun . . . Call of Duty gaming community points to ‘swatting’ in deadly Wichita police shooting Online gamers have said in multiple Twitter posts that the shooting of a man Thursday night by Wichita police was the result of a “swatting” prank involving two gamers. … Read more

PA Man SWATs Neighbor, Goes To Jail. It’s About Effing Time.

December 3, 2013 by ttag

SWATing is a deadly, dangerous prank. Michael Adams, shown here, is charged with reckless endangerment and several other crimes for allegedly SWATing his neighbor in September. The indictment charges that Adams called 911 anonymously on September 16th, 2013 to report a hostage situation at his neighbor’s home. Adams described a man with IED’s strapped to his chest and pointing an AR-15 at him. He was arrested and charged after detectives traced the calls back to him. He’s since been released on $50,000 bail . . .

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