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Canadian-American author, blogger and feminist, Anita Sarkeesian, has cancelled an appearance at Utah State University after learning that the university security would be allowing attendees to bring concealed firearms to the event in spite of a anonymous threat sent to university officials that threatened  “the deadliest school shooting in American history.” Sarkeesian,  creator of the popular Tropes vs. Women in video games web series, is no stranger to death threats and harassment from her work’s detractors, and even has a portion of her website dedicated to documenting some of  her own constant derailment by members of the gaming community. The New York Times reported Sarkeesian had been sent images of herself being raped by various video game characters. Sarkeesian was set to deliver a speech hosted by the Center for Women and Gender at USU Taggart Student Center Auditorium, even after USU officials received an anonymous threat to Sarkeesian and the event’s attendees, however she later posted on Twitter that she would be canceling her appearance “because police wouldn’t take steps to prevent concealed firearms at the event.” Sarkeesian later