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Nothing bad happened that day, but responsible [[con-runners]] shuddered collectively and wondered what might have happened if some jerk with a toy guy had pulled it suddenly on one of the members of the SWAT team. This provided part of the impetus towards tightening [[convention]] [[weapons policies]]. | Nothing bad happened that day, but responsible [[con-runners]] shuddered collectively and wondered what might have happened if some jerk with a toy guy had pulled it suddenly on one of the members of the SWAT team. This provided part of the impetus towards tightening [[convention]] [[weapons policies]]. | ||
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Revision as of 13:29, 21 May 2020
The SWAT team affair happened at Disclave 24 in Crystal City, VA (a mile from the Pentagon) on Memorial Day weekend in 1980.
Joe Mayhew described this thusly: "For me the highlight of the con happened while I was auctioning. The room was a ground level exhibition area with two vast doors in its back. While Jack Chalker had his back turned, sipping coffee, the doors opened and a SWAT team with loaded machine guns barged in. Someone had been seen on a balcony of the hotel with what looked like a gun. It was a very security minded area. We don't know how many attended with or without the G-Men."
Nothing bad happened that day, but responsible con-runners shuddered collectively and wondered what might have happened if some jerk with a toy guy had pulled it suddenly on one of the members of the SWAT team. This provided part of the impetus towards tightening convention weapons policies.
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