I had a lot of friends back in the day that went to Kent State.
The 'protesters' (they weren't, they were professional agitators) were seriously fucking with the Guardsmen.... Like, "We're here having fun fucking with you and you gotta dress up in a GI Jow costume. And when I'm done, I'm gonna fuck your sister."
Lot of that shit going. Big Time, Major League Class Warfare shit. The College pukes were busy telling the Guardsmen how inferior they were because they had to wear uniforms and obery orders and lived like Rats in a Tent while the College pukes were essentially enjoying a 4-year fuck-fest. The girls was messing with them, too. Telling them how ugly they were with their crew-cuts. How bad they smelled, how they used big guns to hide their little dicks.
I might have shot a couple of them, myself. Or at least butt-stocked a couple.
Not saying they deserved it, but you don't mess with scared, angry kids that have loaded guns pointed at you. How stupid can you get??