# Attack Planned With Assault Rifles--On Pokemon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2015, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-planned-with-assault-rifles-on-pokemon/728652 "2015-08-23T23:10:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-planned-with-assault-rifles-on-pokemon/728652/1 "2015-08-23T23:10:11Z")
Two men planned to attack the World Pokemon Championship. Why? OG knows. > **[Two Arrested in Alleged Pokemon Championship Threat](https://abcnews.go.com/US/arrested-alleged-pokemon-championship-threat/story?id=33265810)** > > The men had rifles, ammunition, police say. > [@](#): > > Two Iowa men are under arrest on weapons charges after Boston police were alerted to alleged threats of violence against participants at the Pokemon World Championship, police said today. > > Security officers at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, where the Pokemon championship was to be held, alerted the Boston Police Department to the threats found on social media on Thursday, and the Boston Regional Intelligence Center (BRIC) began investigating. > > Police said two male suspects were stopped attempting to enter the event. BRIC and Boston PD detectives were called and were told that the two men had driven to the event from Iowa and had several firearms in their vehicle, police said. > > When the the suspects could not produce a gun license, police seized the vehicle, but the suspects were released pending a search warrant, according to the Boston PD. > > On Friday, detectives received and executed a search warrant for the suspect vehicle and found a 12-gauge Remington shotgun, a DPM5 Model AR-15 rifle, several hundred rounds of ammunition, and a hunting knife, police said. At that time, an arrest warrant was issued for the two men. Why? Who hates Pokemon bad enough to start shooting? Even Al Qida don’t care.😕 ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-planned-with-assault-rifles-on-pokemon/728652/2 "2015-08-23T23:18:09Z")
Sounds like Team Rocket’s blasting off again! ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-planned-with-assault-rifles-on-pokemon/728652/3 "2015-08-23T23:22:50Z")
Seems like a great place to spread terror to me, if that’s what you’re going for: international crowd, lots of kids, well known brand, event intended for fun and relaxation… ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-planned-with-assault-rifles-on-pokemon/728652/4 "2015-08-24T16:13:47Z")
“Kevlarasaur, I Choose You…!” ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-planned-with-assault-rifles-on-pokemon/728652/5 "2015-08-24T16:28:45Z")
"I want to be a killing best, Like no one ever was, To shoot them is my real test, To kill them is my cause Remington, its you and me I know its my destiny Remington, you’re my best friend With our crimes we must defend Murder 1, a heart of greed Malice aforethought I need You teach me and I’ll teach you (Mur-der-one) Gotta kill 'em all All the police along the way With courage I will face I will shoot them every day To claim my rightful place Come with me, the time is right There’s no better crime Arm in arm we’ll win the fight I hope we don’t do time" ---
**Author:** ![TheSeaOtter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@TheSeaOtter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSeaOtter)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-planned-with-assault-rifles-on-pokemon/728652/6 "2015-08-24T18:46:35Z")
If everyone inclined to commit domestic terrorism could post pictures of their (apparently illegal) weapons to Facebook, under their real names, and comment about shooting people beforehand, that’d be cool. > **[Two arrested after apparent Facebook threat to Pokemon card tournament](https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/08/two-arrested-after-apparent-facebook-threat-to-pokemon-card-tournament/)** > > Competitors allegedly drove from Iowa to Boston in car loaded with guns, knives. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-planned-with-assault-rifles-on-pokemon/728652/7 "2015-08-25T01:02:18Z")
Yow. Impmon’s _really_ stepping up his game. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-planned-with-assault-rifles-on-pokemon/728652/8 "2015-08-25T01:32:17Z")
My guess is the Angry Birds are behind this somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-planned-with-assault-rifles-on-pokemon/728652/9 "2015-08-25T12:47:23Z")
So Walter Sobchek plays Pokemon? ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-planned-with-assault-rifles-on-pokemon/728652/10 "2015-08-25T21:07:06Z")
I bet rock type Pokemon are strong against bullets ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-planned-with-assault-rifles-on-pokemon/728652/11 "2015-08-25T21:19:34Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Who hates Pokemon bad enough to start shooting? Deranged animal rights activists? I always thought the Pokemon cartoons essentially boiled down to cockfighting. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-planned-with-assault-rifles-on-pokemon/728652/12 "2015-08-25T22:08:16Z")
I bet it was those fucking Digimon supporters, or the Yu-gi-oh bastards ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-planned-with-assault-rifles-on-pokemon/728652/13 "2015-08-25T23:31:47Z")
I wonder if this wasn’t a joke gone wrong, post pics of your guns saying yea we’re coming to kill the competition lol. I dunno why they brought the guns with them all the way there, perhaps they wanted to show them off to friends outside the convention or sell them locally. If they really wanted to kill people why advertise it on social media? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-planned-with-assault-rifles-on-pokemon/728652/14 "2015-08-26T01:26:53Z")
Gah. I don’t have a link, but when I first read about this online, the article said that as one of them was being kicked off of a forum for harassing other players he said something like - OK, I’ll just shoot them at the game tomorrow. That would be a threat after acts of verbal hostility, possibly abuse, which would be a little harder to brush off. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-planned-with-assault-rifles-on-pokemon/728652/15 "2015-08-29T08:05:45Z")
Yeah. Why in the world aren’t they giving the gun to their dog or electric rat?