Guelph police are warning the community about the dangers of a popular game among teens involving replica firearms used to “assassinate” each other.
High school students in the Guelph region of Ontario have been playing a game known as “senior assassin” in which they carry water guns or other projectiles to shoot at each other in an elimination competition, the Guelph Police Service said in a May 13 media release.
Many of the water guns involved in the “assassin” game look identical to real firearms, which has led concerned members of the public to notify police of teens carrying real guns. The game is not only played during school hours, the media release said, but is played at all hours of the day and night….