How's that gun-free campus thing working out for you? This morning in an apparent case of severe depression following the Longhorns pathetic performance Saturday against UCLA or maybe the unbearable pressure of being responsible for attending classes, meeting assignment deadlines and finding his own meals each day, a shooter armed apparently with an "assault" rifle walked into the library and started shooting.
Shots Fired, All Misses Except the Last One
When the first reports rolled in, the response of the university was to email everyone to lock their doors and "shelter in place". Apparently that is the tried and proven technique of curling up in the fetal position and waiting for the shooter to find you and kill you. Passivity is vastly superior to defensive aggressiveness in modern society.
Of course shootings are extremely rare on university campuses due to the effectiveness of the gun-free zone policies. It was a full four days since this one at Seton Hall.
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The best that the schools can do apparently is protect the defenseless students and faculty by maintaining a Barney Fife squad of chubby guys who like to dress up in black tactical underwear and stand around looking menacing until they hear the shooting stop.
In Texas that meant the shooter finally hit something...himself. End of problem. Lucky outcome this time.
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And where were the students who carry anyway?
Coincidentally John Lott was invited and speaking at the Univ. last night. Sponsored by Students for Concealed Carry on Campus and a couple of other organizations.
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