So here we go again, another day at the University, another armed and dangerous person on campus. Both times campus locked down, local public schools on security alert (so no in or out but classed continue).
This will be short, but just have a few thoughts.
Incident 1. Aug 28. Graduate student shot their professor. I was home on vacation, which was not very relaxing for all kinds of reasons and this just added to it.
Incident 2. Today Sept 13. All clear just sounded. Reports are some boyfriend of an employee of a bagel shop at the student union was all hot and bothered about something or other and pulled out the gun. Current reports are no shots fired, no robbery took place. Not sure if they have him in custody or just know he is out of the area so not a threat.
I am working from work today. My building is off campus, about 1 mile north of the edge of campus proper, so we tend to be isolated from the brunt of these things. Incident 1 the guy walked to the neighborhood across the street and was arrested just north of my location. Haven’t heard about the guy from incident 2. So even the distance doesn’t mean they can’t end up near here.
David Hogg’s group at UNC was thrown out of the NC state legislature yesterday for loudly protesting about gun violence. Reports are at least some of the legislatures were laughing at them. Getting thrown out of the NC State Legislature for protesting is common ‘round these parts. Didn’t hear if they arrested them like they do to the Moral Monday folks.
I’m sick of this shit. Used to be every 5 or so years there would be someone spotted with a gun on campus, now twice in less than a month.
Glad no one was hurt, today, I hope the disgruntled employee gets out of that relationship, I suspect it is not a healthy one if he acts like that in public.
Last thought, folks all over the ebil twit box are calling for more gunz on campus, because having someone pull out a gun because they get mad about something or someone every damn day will solve things, or at least maybe they’d stop doing Campus wide alerts and sounding the sirens or something. Because if every single person is packing no one will get upset, or if they get upset they won’t wave it around, like really? I did check twitter as a lot of folks still post there, and it is the place I’ve been able to get early news with the caveat it is often wrong although sometimes I do listen to the police scanner.