‘Gun Girl’ vows to return to Ohio University with ‘army’ of gun owners after clash

Kaitlin Bennett, known as the “Gun Girl” after posing with a gun and her graduation cap two years ago, said a “riot” broke out at Ohio University during her visit to the campus Monday.

But the gun rights advocate has vowed to return to the university with “an army of gun owners for an open carry walk through campus.”

Ohio University Police rejected Bennett’s claim of a “riot” and instead said there was strong language and allegations that someone in the crowed splashed water.

“It should be noted that the police department received no prior notice of the activist’s plans,” police said. “Although such notice is not required, the lack of it deprived the department of the ability to plan staffing levels. As a result, the officers on duty had to prioritize their response to the events as they unfolded, rightly putting everyone’s personal safety ahead of all other concerns.”

Videos posted to social media show dozens of students crowding around Bennett, who was at the campus for her Liberty Hangout university tour. Some students were seen in videos pouring liquids and other items in Bennett’s direction, while others shouted obscenities or gave Bennett middle fingers.

Bennett tweeted the students threw “temper tantrums” because someone they don’t agree with showed up to their university.

“I think @realDonaldTrump should strip funding from universities like this that harbor terrorists,” Bennett tweeted Monday.

No one was injured and no one was arrested during Bennett’s visit to the university, campus police said.

According to Athens News, Bennett and her counterparts left within two hours after arriving at the university.

“I kind of feel like she just came here to get this reaction,” Ohio University sophomore Liam McSteen told the Athens News. “I think it’s just kind of attention-seeking behavior. I don’t know if she thinks she’s going to change anyone’s mind out here.”

Bennett’s popularity rose in 2018 when she posted photos of herself on social media with an AR-10 with her Kent State University graduation cap that read “come and take it.”

Since her graduation, she has appeared at numerous college campuses in protests or to ask politically-based questions. Last fall, she came to University of Kentucky and asked students on camera how they felt about bathroom use by transgender people.