* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: Many colleges cracked down on the game after the Virginia Tech massacre, often banning the game outright or banning the use of Nerf guns. Even several years later, some schools are still squeamish about letting students run around campus shooting at each other. At other schools nerf guns have been banned simply because [[ShootHimHeHasAWallet the local police aren't expected to be able to tell nerf guns from real ones]].

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