Northern Illinois Univ Shooting

<p>This is so sad... and I'm so shaken by this. I'm from the Chicagoland area and know several people who attend NIU and have friends who were in that lecture hall that the shooter was in (I heard that a girl I know sat behind one of the people that were shot :/) And I go to school half an hour away from Tech so I'm just... at a loss for words now.</p>

<p>Lousiana Tech 3 students killed
CA non-college but a school
There is another one but I can't htink of it right now :(</p>

<p>Too many killings :(</p>

<p>What I wish is that we would never know his name. I have no way of knowing what his family history contributed to what he has done, but they were not there, and they should not be shunned and shamed. I am very sad for all affected families....such sadness and grief.</p>

<p>Related to a previous post, IIRC there are more guns/capita in Canada. But far fewer gun related crimes.</p>

<p>There are also switzerland and Israel with high gun ownership rates and few murders. The thing is there it's so saturated that essentially you would not be able to go on a rampage without being taken out almost immediately. Ever heard of a mass shooting in Israel?</p>

<p>This is really, really sad. It makes you think about the world that we are living in, and it makes me very sad. Just a little bit ago, the tradegy at Virgina Tech occured, and now this has happened. I wish there was a way for these people to get the help they need before taking it out on the helpless, inoccent people of the campus. What a sad world...</p>

<p>This is a second incident this week. Whom shold I contact re: gun laws? What is the best way to fight it?</p>

<p>Completely frightening and so tragic for all those affected. My heart goes out to the students, faculty and families. I knew DeKalb very well as I attended NIU back in the 70's and I'm still close to many NIU alums who relocated to California. I don't recall Cole lecture hall, but perhaps it's new(ish). Sorry for the rambling. I'm stunned.</p>

<p>The four schools:</p>

<p>On February 8, in Louisiana a woman shot and killed two fellow students before committing suicide at a technical college in Baton Rouge. In Memphis, Tennessee, a 17-year-old is accused of shooting and wounding a fellow student on Monday in a high school, while a 15-year-old shot at a high school in Oxnard, California, has been declared brain dead.</p>

<p>Gunman</a> injures 17 students in shooting at Illinois university | World news | The Guardian</p>

<p>This is an outrage. Professors should be able to keep some damn handguns with them. America is getting soft. Does anyone even remember the second amendment?</p>

<p>It is so sad to hear of such violence. ...the debate of whether guns kill people or people kill people is not what should be discussed.IMho. Our society must come to a point where violence against another IS NOT tolerated, and demands from the public to wihthold information about the gunman should scream from every corner of the earth so that we can as a society look for ways to love each other, and support each other.
My city held a gun back back program, and we actually had more guns returned than that had been budgeted/projected. Can you believe it???
A woman on today's TV news was honored by her comuunity for handing out gloves and hats to the homeless during her lunch hour. She said that while we can't sovle every problem in the world as individuals, we can make a difference one person at a time....she gives me hope.</p>

<p>I say ban guns everywhere.</p>

<p>I'm a strong proponent of gun control.</p>

<p>5 students dead, and the gunman makes 6. Two students are in critical condition.<br>
I am just sick to my stomach. This hits very close to home.</p>

<p>This is so tragic....my thoughts and prayers with the victims and their families.
a previous poster mentioned more guns in Canada then in the US but less violent crime: I have seen this addressed and the point was made to look at the news in both countries...US news is a continually barage of violence and unpleasant reportings; the same tone is not found in Canadian reporting. Don't want to sound way off the edge here, but there is a correlation to the type of thoughts and spin ( negative) that is put out into the world, and how that shapes peoples perceptions and therefore actions. Especially young,vulnerable minds. The concepts of hope, and happy endings, of resolution of problems, and support from our communitiy at large is just not projected. IMHO</p>

<p>The recent years' cluster of campus shootings reminds me much of the cluster of Post Office shootings many years ago. I had a friend who worked for the Royal Oak Post Office where it began. From what I remember, those workplace shootings continued for a while until the Post Office addressed some of the cultural issues that led to the shooters coming unglued. </p>

<p>I fear though that these campus shootings will be more difficult to address as there are many more types of relationships here than the Post Office faced as universities are a mixture of different types of personal relationships. Many of these relationship problems are not of the type that can be easily addressed by the schools (domestic/personal relationships and the like) and require a broader addressing by the community as a whole. That is what scares me about this.</p>

<p>My condolences to the families of the victims...</p>

<p>Pray for peace in our community.</p>

<p>To Piterbizon, I have seen these statistics and heard them quoted. But I think that it is the American mentality that demands gun control. I would reason that Israel is more united than we are and Switzerland is in a total different boat.</p>

<p>Wow. 3 school shootings in 1 week (Memphis high school, Cali middle school, and now this). Damn</p>

<p>What a tragedy. When is this country going to wake up to the reality of gun violence? The solution is gun control. It works. The statistics in virtually every other civilized country in the world bears that out. The problem is a lack of political will. Congress is so intimidated by the NRA and its distortion of the Second Amendment that no action is ever taken. How many more times does this have to happen? Wasn't Virginia Tech enough?</p>

<p>I looked it up and there's been six school shootings this week.</p>

<p>Notre Dame Elementary shooting Portsmouth, Ohio, United States February 7, 2008
Louisiana Technical College shooting Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States February 8, 2008
Mitchell High School shooting Memphis, Tennessee, United States February 11, 2008
E.O. Green Junior High School shooting Oxnard, California, United States February 12, 2008
McNair High School shooting Atlanta, Georgia, United States February 12, 2008
Northern Illinois University shooting DeKalb, Illinois, United States February 14, 2008</p>

<p>what the hell.</p>

<p>as a college student, i find school shootings to be very scary as well as horribly tragic. I agree that we need more gun-control in this country, we justify lax gun control as a right reserved for us in the Constitution when in reality the 2nd amendment is out of date and severely taken out of context. Mass public shootings should not be happening at all, and the only way to stop it is through gun control.</p>