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46. Seriously

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #38)

Thu Jun 2, 2016, 09:30 AM

Jun 2016

I'm going to demand hazard pay.

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Sources tell CBS News the 2 persons shot at UCLA were a student and Professor William Scott Klug [View all] ailsagirl Jun 2016 OP

But of course. End a life over a grade in school. MichiganVote Jun 2016 #1

My worst nightmare is a pre med student shooting my husband over a Chemistry grade. redstatebluegirl Jun 2016 #2

All that work he did to get where he was... ailsagirl Jun 2016 #4

in one red state I know greymattermom Jun 2016 #36

The fact is, no one is really safe, anywhere ailsagirl Jun 2016 #63

At the university I work at Blue_Tires Jun 2016 #40

My husband had to call security after an exam once. redstatebluegirl Jun 2016 #41

Unfortunately when I heard it was in a small office earlier, this scenario is what I thought of Person 2713 Jun 2016 #3

Yep me too GummyBearz Jun 2016 #13

He was probably thinking of the San Diego State University murders in 1996: petronius Jun 2016 #25

I've been assured here on DU that this never happens. stone space Jun 2016 #5

I don't believe you shenmue Jun 2016 #15

Not by campus security. They want us to report guns on campus. stone space Jun 2016 #19

It's not bullshit for professors in gun-legal campuses to be very worried. pnwmom Jun 2016 #30

Here in Kansas we will have guns on campus starting next year. tblue37 Jun 2016 #32

I know professors here who worry about it -- and we are a gun control state. pnwmom Jun 2016 #34

Good professors in Texas are leaving the state. ananda Jun 2016 #42

They lost the Dean of their Architecture College over it. redstatebluegirl Jun 2016 #43

Not merely stressed out: 18-21 is prime age for the onset of schizophrenia alcibiades_mystery Jun 2016 #37

And don't forget drugs and alcohol. Alcohol is consumed at high levels pnwmom Jun 2016 #38

Seriously alcibiades_mystery Jun 2016 #46

Not that it never happens. Crunchy Frog Jun 2016 #24

A normal person doesn't kill over a grade. Oneironaut Jun 2016 #6

So? A tormented sick mind without a gun would find murder harder to accomplish. pnwmom Jun 2016 #31

Thanks heavens the shooter didn't have to forfeit his gawd-given 2A right to a killing machine. Now valerief Jun 2016 #7

+1,000 malaise Jun 2016 #9

Heartbreaking that he was under that pressure. Young people feel the weight of high stakes. Brickbat Jun 2016 #8

I used to do grade reviews malaise Jun 2016 #11

Lots of kids make themselves sick over the demand for excellence from administrators, families, Brickbat Jun 2016 #12

Not lots - a few malaise Jun 2016 #14

Our experiences with students who are suffering from depression and struggles differ. Brickbat Jun 2016 #16

True but this student had a kill list and malaise Jun 2016 #59

Sorry, my sympathy is with the professor's family. kiva Jun 2016 #18

I see people are misunderstanding my wording -- rather than edit, I'll say here that the heartbreak Brickbat Jun 2016 #20

Well-put, Brickbat n/t ailsagirl Jun 2016 #22

I was too quick to judge your post, sorry. kiva Jun 2016 #23

I'm with you on that. One semester I had to have a police officer stationed outside the door of a bjo59 Jun 2016 #28

Scary - glad you made it through safely. kiva Jun 2016 #47

No worries. Brickbat Jun 2016 #35

Whatayah bet it's some kid introduced to gun culture by a proud daddy gunner? Hoyt Jun 2016 #10

Not surprised, I figured as much ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2016 #17

That's absolutely right. It's my plan when the Texas campus gun law goes into effect. bjo59 Jun 2016 #29

It had nothing to do with any grades oberliner Jun 2016 #50

So much (again and again) for the gunnutters UTUSN Jun 2016 #21

A sad day. He is an alum from my school; I know some of his research mentors JonLeibowitz Jun 2016 #26

Texas passed a "guns on campus" law that goes into effect soon. bjo59 Jun 2016 #27

Here in Kansas we will have guns on campus starting next year, 2017. nt tblue37 Jun 2016 #33

Effective date: 8-1-2016. The 50th anniversary of Whitman's murders on the UT campus. Paladin Jun 2016 #51

So I'm waiting for all the gun nuts... a la izquierda Jun 2016 #39

Show me where any gun rights advocate said that. linuxman Jun 2016 #44

Oh what was the DU posters name? a la izquierda Jun 2016 #55

So no then. linuxman Jun 2016 #61

Pious fraud is part and parcel of modern gun control advocacy: friendly_iconoclast Jun 2016 #62

When did UCLA sarisataka Jun 2016 #45

When they allowed kids from the gun culture. Hoyt Jun 2016 #52

It sounds like the shooter sarisataka Jun 2016 #54

Oh look romanic Jun 2016 #48

He wasn't angry about his grade oberliner Jun 2016 #49

The early reports had said that ailsagirl Jun 2016 #53

Understood oberliner Jun 2016 #56

I just read that he executed a woman who was on his hit list ailsagirl Jun 2016 #57

Press conference on now malaise Jun 2016 #60

Had a fellow a long time ago, about the very late 1990's by the name of Kluge to post Jim Beard Jun 2016 #58