Instant Alert: College students are using this app to show off their loaded guns and other weapons

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   College students are using this app to show off their loaded guns and other weapons by Julie Bort on Oct 27, 2015, 1:36 PM On Sunday night, North Carolina Central University went on lockdown after a student was shot. Last week, one person was killed and two others were shot when tempers appeared to have flared over a dice game at Tennessee State University.  A gunman went on a rampage at Oregon's Umpqua Community College earlier this month and killed nine people. My family had a horrifying scare when we learned that one student was shot and three more were wounded at the school my daughter attends, Northern Arizona University. (My daughter was not nearby or involved.) All of this in just the month of October. The scary thing is that a lot of college kids are packing guns these days. We know because they're posting photos of their weapons on the photo/video sharing app going crazy on college campuses, Yeti Campus Stories. Yeti creates social networks for individual colleges where students show off images of college life. It launched in March and now has hundreds of thousands of daily active users, adding over 10,000 new users a day, the company tells us.  The weapons students have shown off on Yeti range from hand guns to assault rifles. One even showed off a grenade. These photos will make people wonder if October's shootings are anomolies or a precursor of things to come. They should spur authorities to look more deeply at this part of college life. Here's a small sample of the gun photos we found that college kids have posted to the app: SEE ALSO: 8 hours of sleep can make you happier — plus 21 other discoveries from sleep-tracking devices College kids are using the Yeti app to play a game where they post pictures of their guns. Someone at Auburn University shows off an AK-47 assault rival and invites others to share photos of their guns to this thread. RAW Embed   This person at West Virginia University shows off a grenade as a sign of support for the National Rifle Association. RAW Embed   Someone at the University of Georgia wants a gun at home for protection. RAW Embed   See the rest of the story at Business Insider   Share the latest business news with your network: Email sent to:   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011