Police called after Anti-Vaxxers and PETA get into gun fight

PETA protesters attempting to use nudity to distract from their methods

A fight broke out yesterday in Columbia, South Carolina at Sesquicentennial State Park between a group of PETA protestors and a local Anti-Vaxxination group. The protestors had gone to the park to protest against people owning pets and offering free euthanasia for animals "tainted by human ownership", while the Anti-Vaxxers were holding a barbeque and membership drive. Eventually, the protestors came across the barbeque and started verbally accosting the Anti-Vaxxers over their dinner and the pets some of them had brought. Hiker Naomi Amuri, who witnessed the events first hand, had this to say.
"So the Anti-Vaxxers were all around the barbeques and picnic tables, mostly trying to ignore PETA, who honestly were doing a shit job of their protesting since the only chant they seemed to know was their overused 'Meat is Murder' line, which didn't seem to phase the Anti-Vaxxers at all. It wasn't until one of the protesters started insulting their dogs that the Anti-Vaxxers started getting riled up and throwing insults back. It got pretty heated with a lot of swearing, thankfully neither side had any children to here, especially with how things went. But PETA really started insulting the dogs and how they were dressed in black and stuff, I didn't really get why they were dressed like that, it was pretty weird, but this really hit a nerve with the Anti-Vaxxers. Some of the guys started agresively approaching PETA and waving barbeque pokers around, so the protesters started waving their signs around trying to hit the Anti-Vaxxers, and I don't know who pulled a gun first, but all of a sudden there was like a dozen guns out pointed at each."
"People started screaming and those that hadn't been acting like idiots were running away or diving for cover. I got behind a tree, I could hear them yelling but I didn't dare look out. I've seen movies, that's how you get shot first. So I was just hoping they'd calm down and realize what kind of situation they were in, but nope, they just kept shouting at one another, and then there was shooting. It was terrifying, I could hear them out there moaning in pain. Thankfully somebody had called 911 at some point, they said the police were here pretty quickly, but it felt like an eternity to me behind that tree. I'll probably have nightmares about it for the rest of my life."
Current police reports have it that thankfully no animals were injured, while 7 people were shot resulting in minor injuries, and that all 7 had been part of the two group's escalations, but refused to identify the victims or their affiliations at this time, as all of the shooters were white and the police had just let them off with warnings before arresting two nearby black men at the park for resisting arrest. The Columbia City Parks and Recreation Department has said that they will not be returning the Anti-Vaxxers' damage deposit, however, due to one of the bullets damaging a tree.
If anyone else does anything to prevent the return of a damage deposit, we'll let our readers know here, so check back regularly for more!