Universities allegedly hoarding tactical gear, very normal, very legal

The Guardian's headline screams that California universities are secretly stockpiling military hardware, complete with riot footage for maximum dramatic effect. Some journalist either discovered an actual bureaucratic nightmare or found a clickbait goldmine by pairing a sensational claim with protest imagery that has nothing to do with the story. The quote—'we will never use them'—suggests the whole thing is either institutional absurdity or a carefully crafted exercise in making people question why anyone needs AR-15s on a campus in the first place.