The Salt Bowl fallout — a mass exodus after an unfounded report of a shooting — includes reuniting spectators with property left behind. Fallout also includes Rep. Charlie Collins explaining why having more guns in such places (optimally in hands of law enforcement officers) would make people feel safer.

PS: Somebody sent me a clip of the panic video with a suggested caption: “White flight.”  Kind of funny. But kind of serious given some of the dynamics of the situation, including suburban school districts that have grown in part thanks to perceptions about schools and safety in Little Rock.

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PPS: Kane Webb, Parks and Tourism director, clarifies confusion about the weapons law and the stadium. Concealed weapons, even those of enhanced permit holders, are NOT allowed in the stadium. It is a “permitted large attendance facility” for purposes of selling alcoholic beverages at some events. It is not a restaurant. Restaurants do enjoy an exception for enhanced permit holders under the expanded weapons law Charlie Collins passed, but other permitted facilities do not. Weapons are not allowed in the stadium, Webb said.

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