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geckosfeet

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13. My bet is that the gun is unregistered and owned by a career criminal.

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 08:06 AM

Mar 2012

It would not make any difference whether guns on campus were "allowed" or not.

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Mississippi State University Shooting: Student Shot To Death At Residence Hall, Officials Say [View all] Tx4obama Mar 2012 OP

This is so sad. man4allcats Mar 2012 #1

I wonder if this campus is one that allows guns.n/t pnwmom Mar 2012 #2

from their website Syrinx Mar 2012 #4

That appears to be out of date KeepItReal Mar 2012 #5

my bad then Syrinx Mar 2012 #6

If this gun used met all these requirements Zax2me Mar 2012 #15

Zimmerman was carrying legally. pnwmom Mar 2012 #25

My bet is that the gun is unregistered and owned by a career criminal. geckosfeet Mar 2012 #13

My guess is some kid took it out of his Dad's closet xtraxritical Mar 2012 #21

That is of course, a possibility. Not sure how you ass figures into it though. geckosfeet Mar 2012 #24

My guess is you are absolutely correct. nt valerief Mar 2012 #28

It would make it much easier for a college to keep guns off a campus pnwmom Mar 2012 #26

These people drove onto campus, shot someone, and drove off campus. geckosfeet Mar 2012 #27

The majority of students in large universities live off campus. pnwmom Mar 2012 #30

Well I agree. Just saying, if you are planning on shooting someone, geckosfeet Mar 2012 #32

Right. But if you're not planning on shooting anyone, pnwmom Mar 2012 #34

Yes, they do. Honest does not imply/mean smart. geckosfeet Mar 2012 #35

Not sure Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #37

boycott Huffington Post permanently Ariuszme1 Mar 2012 #3

Welcome to DU! ellisonz Mar 2012 #8

LOL PSPS Mar 2012 #11

Lost in America slackmaster Mar 2012 #14

Your absolutely correct FarPoint Mar 2012 #18

I'm not a huge fan - TBF Mar 2012 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Mar 2012 #7

how sad . . . guns on campuses - what could go wrong . . . DrDan Mar 2012 #9

This may be premature, but it seems from the description to have been some kind of gang hit slackmaster Mar 2012 #10

that was my thinking .......... we shall see Celebration Mar 2012 #12

All guns start out legal. nt onehandle Mar 2012 #29

National news.. Flora Mar 2012 #16

Because it happened at a school slackmaster Mar 2012 #17

Stories from Chicago don't emilyg Mar 2012 #19

Chicago has multiple killings every day too. xtraxritical Mar 2012 #22

If they would allow guns on campus - this would not happen jpak Mar 2012 #20

Because criminals obey gun control laws - oh wait. nt hack89 Mar 2012 #39

Student's name was John Sanderson; he was 21. alp227 Mar 2012 #31

They have a person of interest & recovered a weapon.... Historic NY Mar 2012 #33

The wingers were making a big deal of this.......well Historic NY Mar 2012 #36

Gang hit or wanna-be gang hit. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #38