Another College Shooting Today

[SideShow Bob]

There isn't much information other than I dead and the suspect surrenders to police outside.

http://kdvr.com/2014/01/21/suspect-s...ue-university/

[UrbanWolf]

Last time I checked one is dead and the shooter was arrested.

[ChunkyMonkey]

There isn't much information other than I dead and the suspect surrenders to police outside.

http://kdvr.com/2014/01/21/suspect-s...ue-university/

IMPOSSIBLE... https://www.purdue.edu/police/policies.htm

[TAR31]

Not a school shooting no matter how much the media wants it to be. Just a plain old murder. I still dont know how it could happen in a gun free zone.

[cstone]

And approximately 90 people died today on US highways. Quick, somebody pass a law.

[HoneyBadger]

And approximately 90 people died today on US highways. Quick, somebody pass a law.

Pass ALL THE LAWS!!!

[merl]

Not a school shooting no matter how much the media wants it to be. Just a plain old murder.

But it was a shooting that happened on a school! * They did at least leave "Mass" out of it.
* university, everyone involved was an adult.

[Mtn.man]

That'll teach that hard ass boss to listen.

[bjamar24]

Outcome forseen, pleads insanity.

Hmm if there smart enough to get a gun and plan this out, then there smart enough to bite the bullet.

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[screagle2]

That'll teach that hard ass boss to listen.

Really???? Over 5000 posts, and you have nothing more constructive than that?????

Our son is a student in the Engineering school, and was in an adjacent building 4-500 yards away. He is a strong constitutionalist, and supporter of ALL of the BIll of RIghts, not just the 2nd Ammendment. If it were legal, he would have a CCW permit.

Why why is no one offering well thought ideas as to how to deal with the obvious mental health issues that precipitate these acts?

How about discussion regarding electing judges that understand, and believe that the innocent also have rights, and those rights should not be usurped by the criminal?

Why is there no one asking if video games have a bearing on the acceptance of this type of violence, and how to curb that influence?

Why no discourse in regards to the privacy act, and how it effectively negates potential intervention with people who show tendencies towards these horrendous acts? Think about the Aurora killer, and his protections of privacy, as well as what has come out in the Arapahoe case.

I am NOT, nor is my son, a supporter of gun free zones, but consider this. I went to college I 1975, and even then, firearms were NOT allowed on most campuses, yet we did not see these things happening. Neither of us believe that in this specific case, the outcome would have much chance of being different, had the victim been armed. The reason being, as pointed out in the only post that seems to have been thought out, this was a murder, an execution, and the victim could not have responded quickly enough.
I do however believe that a well trained, and armed bystander might well have been able to stop more people being harmed, had that been the objective of the shooter.

IU, which is the CU of Indiana, has recognized the right of their students to provide protection for themselves in the manner of CCW, if they have successfully completed a qualified course., Think about that for a minute... Why IU, and not CU? I am going to address this with the regents at Purdue, and I will do my level best, to, so through pragmatic conversation.

I suspect that that before now, most above, are flaming me for being liberal or GC advocate etc., etc., which I am neither. I will wager that my efforts to preserve our rights, and our Constitution, are not insignificant. I have waited until, today to,respond for several reasons. I wanted to make certain that my emotions are somewhat In check, and I had hoped for meaningful posts, not just cynical, pissing in the wind as to what we do not like. I had hoped to gain more ideas, and achieve some balance, rather than pure hatred for the person who did this

I strongly believe that the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, must be defended at all cost.
I also believe that these senseless acts of violence, must be brought under control, not only to preserve our society, but also to quiet some of the efforts to weaken or disregard the 2nd Ammendment,

Flame me, ban me, do, as you will, but I am willing to wager that few, if any of you have considered viable, workable solutions to these things, while also considering changing my EDC.

I believe there are solutions, but no matter how much better it may make us feel to bitch and moan and complain, that release. is all there is.

To make light of these acts however, does provide strength to the arguments that others use to take away our rights.