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austinrealtor wrote:
Also find it interesting that John Woods, the former Virginia Tech and current UT student who's girlfriend was killed in the 2007 tragedy and is now adamantly opposed to campus carry, is spinning this latest UT shooting as a suicide and not a "shooting".

But.. Wait.. I thought he said that Allowing Guns on Campus would make it easier for students to kill themselves with guns, and since they aren't allowed right now, that it prevents it?

I think this suicide, by gun, on a campus where they're not allowed, sort of blows a hole in his own theory.

RPB wrote:

O6nop wrote:I'm curious about the time frame of this incident, from the time a shooter was seeing jogging along the sidewalk with a weapon until he shot himself. It's great that no one was shot and it seems it was over with pretty quickly. Also, do the campus security police have weapons?

8:10 shots fired outside in front of tower
8:15 sirens and alerts go out
8:25 school on lockdown
8:40-ish shoots himself in library on 6th floor

So what you're saying is... the police didn't make it there in 30 seconds, and shoot the guy instantly...

In fact, he had 30 minutes of free reign on the campus, and would have had more, had he not decided to off himself.
That's 30 minutes on a campus that has it's own police force, on-campus...

Wake up people. The Police are only there to clean up the mess afterwords. Very rarely do they make it there on time to stop anything like this. THIS is why we need to be able to defend ourselves in these "Safe" "Gun Free Zones"...

Now that it's been confirmed that thankfully, no other injuries have been suffered...

... Do you think this will wake up some of the politicians in Austin to Campus Carry next year?

Look people, It CAN HAPPEN, IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD!
Denial is more than just a river in Egypt!

The_Reason wrote:I work in the tower, campus siren system just confirmed multiple shooters, bolt doors and windows....

Sure wish i had the 1911 on my hip....

Reports that the second gunman is in/by the tower!

Stay safe, arm yourself with anything you can nearby.

The_Reason wrote:But how could this have happened, that is in the middle of a gun free zone??????????

I know! I'm as shocked as you are!!!!

Unless..... oh no..... I can't believe this might be a possibility... but....

Maybe..... the guy BROKE THE LAW?!?!?!

Unfathomable, I know, that criminals actually Break the law!!!





So far there's no reports of any other injuries or fatalities other than the gunman himself. I hope it stays that way.

Supposedly it's already contained...

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UT police say an active shooting situation is taking place on campus. Officials believe they have the suspect contained. No other details are available.