Shooting at Illinois University?

[Timbuktu]

Shooting? At a school?? But I thought they were "gun-free zones"???

Oh wait, that's right, only VICTIMS are gun-free in gun-free zones. Forgot.

I can't wait for the day that one of the fish-in-a-barrel (student/teacher in a closed classroom) returns fire...

And I thought I was the only one who thought this way.

you can bet if the shooter new everyone on campus had a gun there would have been no shooting. this is just the evolution of the grade school bully.

[Timbuktu]

But if everyone had guns, how would you know if you were handing out guns to innocent civilians or potential criminals? And if potential criminals can easily get guns where they couldn't before, isn't that asking for more trouble? I heard after the Virginia Tech tragedy that VA has some of the most lax gun laws in the country, but I'm not sure if that's true or not.

trust me it is EASY to get a gun anywhere the only people gun laws hurt are the law abiding citizens. Do you think this person who is going to shoot up the school cares that they are breaking the law by possessing a illegal gun? I think not.

[nixer]

But if everyone had guns, how would you know if you were handing out guns to innocent civilians or potential criminals? And if potential criminals can easily get guns where they couldn't before, isn't that asking for more trouble? I heard after the Virginia Tech tragedy that VA has some of the most lax gun laws in the country, but I'm not sure if that's true or not.

This kind of thing breaks me up. I'm a college student myself on a big campus. After VA tech I was nervous every time I went to class that a gunman was going to come in and start shooting everybody. I don't want to be at the point where there are armed security guards at every building. And now this happens. School is supposed to be safe.

well lets just say that the communist states have proven that with more gun control along comes more crime, just like in europe. no matter what there is a potential for crime but sometimes its only the fear of dying that stops the crime from ever happening.

[AzureN1ght]

this is just the evolution of the grade school bully.

Unfortunately, it seems to be the case in these shootings that the aggressor is often a past victim of grade-school type bullying. They tend to be socially ostracized people, and some eventually lash out. I'm in no way defending these kids' actions, just clarifying this point. I don't know that I would feel any safer if I knew most of the people around me were carrying loaded guns, even if I was carrying one.