Texas college stabbings not news because no gun involved?

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Everyone start bringing guns to school. Just in case.

[Karee 4,190]

Everyone start bringing guns to school. Just in case.

Sadly, that's what it's come to.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

What could possibly go wrong?

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

What could possibly go wrong?

Nothing, not like kids under the age of 10 can operate a firearm, oh wait...

[Karee 4,190]

Nothing, not like kids under the age of 10 can operate a firearm, oh wait...

They're letting 10 year olds into universities now?

[Penny Lane 8,159]

They're letting 10 year olds into universities now?

I said schools in general. But glad to see there are SOME boundaries in a crazy country where everyone bringing guns to school seems to be the only answer.

The younger kids will just have to hope their teachers start bringing guns to school.

[mota bhai 2,675]

They're letting 10 year olds into universities now?

Michael Kearney.

This bright young man proves that having a disability like ADHD shouldn’t hold you back if you’ve got the brains. At only four years old, Michael aced the John Hopkins diagnostic for a precocious math test, without having studied for it at all. Those math skills would pay off over the next few years, as he would graduate from high school at six. That same year, Kearney enrolled at the Santa Rosa Junior College, completing an Associate’s in geology at age 8 and going on to finish his Bachelor’s degree by age 10, making him the world’s youngest university graduate. Kearney went on to get his Master’s in biochemistry and later taught classes at Vanderbilt University while he was working on a second master’s in computer science.

Read more at http://www.teachthought.com/interest/the-10-youngest-college-students-of-all-time/

[Penny Lane 8,159]

The 10 and under crowd will just have to settle for shooting each other by accident OUTSIDE of school.

[Karee 4,190]

Michael Kearney.

This bright young man proves that having a disability like ADHD shouldn't hold you back if you've got the brains. At only four years old, Michael aced the John Hopkins diagnostic for a precocious math test, without having studied for it at all. Those math skills would pay off over the next few years, as he would graduate from high school at six. That same year, Kearney enrolled at the Santa Rosa Junior College, completing an Associate's in geology at age 8 and going on to finish his Bachelor's degree by age 10, making him the world's youngest university graduate. Kearney went on to get his Master's in biochemistry and later taught classes at Vanderbilt University while he was working on a second master's in computer science.

Read more at http://www.teachthou...ts-of-all-time/

Sure that's your run of the mill university student. Come on Ajay, you can do better than that.

[mota bhai 2,675]

They're letting 10 year olds into universities now?

Your question carried with it the implication that 10 year olds aren't let into universities.

Clearly, you are wrong.

The question was never about averages or norms.

Edited April 11, 2013 by amriki bhai

[Karee 4,190]

Your question carried with it the implication that 10 year olds aren't let into universities.

Clearly, you are wrong.

The question was never about averages or norms.

I'll try to be more specific next time.

[mota bhai 2,675]

I'll try to be more specific next time.

Attaboy.

[GandD 5,966]

I bet if the weapon used was the AR-15, we would have dead victims instead of injured ones.

True

If someone there had a gun to stop this guy, it could have reduced the number of wounded.

True....... unless they missed and hit a by stander.

[himher 634]

Shame on you VJ'ers. Someone goes on a stabbing spree and 14 are injured and not one of you even makes mention of it. I'll bet if it was a shooting people would have been all over it. And it was yesterdays news.

Ban knives!!

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/10/justice/texas-college-stabbing/index.html?hpt=hp_inthenews

That dude is batchit nuts. Its actually big news here LOL

Everyone start bringing guns to school. Just in case.

So sez the legislature in Austin.

http://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Texas-House-panel-approves-guns-on-campus-bill-4427679.php

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Two days after a knife-wielding attacker wounded more than a dozen people on a Texas college campus, a state House panel voted to allow concealed handgun license holders to carry weapons into college buildings and classrooms.

The House Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee pushed the bill up to the full House with a 7-1 vote without debate. Lawmakers had taken public testimony on the measure several weeks ago.

On Tuesday, authorities say a man used a razor utility knife to slash 14 people on two floors of the health science building at Lone Star Community College in Cypress.

Gun rights supporters say the bill, by Rep. Allen Fletcher, R-Cypress, is self-defense measure that will help prevent campus shootings and assaults. Opponents argue that allowing guns into campus buildings, particularly classrooms, only increases the chances for violence.

The guns-on-campus measure has been opposed by state universities in the past, and the question erupted into one of the most contentious issues of the 2011 session before it failed despite strong support from groups like the Texas State Rifle Association.

Fletcher's bill gives the state's public universities and colleges a chance to opt out of the provision if they first consult with students, faculty and staff. Private universities could opt in. For campuses that still ban weapons, the bill reduces the penalty for a violation by concealed handgun license holders from a felony to a misdemeanor, a crime that would still cause them to lose their license.

Edited April 12, 2013 by himher

[Penny Lane 8,159]

More guns! We need more guns! Everyone arm yourselves.