Like most stupid populous teen challenge ideas, this is about intimidation. Now, it isn't even about protecting schools from hostile intent, it is about seeking to intimidate peers and classmates into advocating for arming students.
It is related to the theme and motto by the NRA, "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." I believe the origins of this idea needs to be investigated as well as the death(s) itself.
January 3, 2019
By David K. Li
A Houston teenager (click here) is accused of shooting dead a fellow teen as part of a weapons-drawing prank that has been spreading on social media, authorities said Thursday.
Mohamad Nour Alajil, 18, has been charged with manslaughter in connection to the Dec. 11 slaying of Christian Johnson, 19, officials said.
Police believe Johnson's death resulted from the "No Lackin'" challenge, which calls for one person to pull a weapon on another on video to record the reaction, KPRC reported. The challenge stems from the notion that no one should ever be caught without, or "lacking," a gun.
Johnson had an AR-15 rifle pointed at Alajil, while Alajil had a semi-automatic pistol aimed at the victim, a prosecutor said during a hearing Thursday....
