CU-Boulder: Profs have no right to cancel classes over gun-carrying students

[KansDem]

56. Do we remember the San Diego State University shooting?

I do...SDSU is my alma mater.

Shooting

Davidson, the three faculty members, and three other engineering students assembled in the classroom shortly before 2:00 p.m. The three students were there to support Davidson, and to witness a Master's thesis defense. Liang stood, formally introduced Davidson, stated the purpose of the meeting, and sat back down.[5][6] Davidson then handed Liang a printout of an e-mail, from a prospective employer who was interested in hiring Davidson, that stated that his future employment with the company hinged on a successful Master's thesis defense.[8] Without time for comment from Liang, and without saying anything himself, Davidson turned to the first aid box on the wall, removed the 9mm semiautomatic handgun, and immediately started firing, hitting Liang first, and killing him while still seated at the faculty table. Lowrey and Lyrintzis were also hit. However, Lowrey tried to escape out the only main access door to the room. There were other doors in the room, but only one door led out to the hallway, and other parts of the 3rd floor of the Engineering building. Davidson was between the main door and the faculty table, and shot Lowrey several times, and he died on the floor in the main doorway. Lyrintzis fled away from the main door and Davidson, into an adjoining classroom, and hid under a table. After killing Lowrey, Davidson reloaded another clip into the handgun, and pursued Lyrintzis into the other room. Davidson shot and killed Lyrintzis while still under the desk.[8] Overall, Davidson fired 23 rounds, with 16 rounds hitting the professors.[8]

The three students attending the thesis defense were not shot, and escaped without injury. One of the students did make it out the main doorway, and notified the 3rd floor students and faculty to evacuate.[5] Davidson later commented that he was not angry at the students, and had no intention of killing them.[8]

After the shooting, Davidson himself called 9-1-1.[9] Police arrived to find Davidson in the 3rd floor hallway still holding the handgun. He was reportedly sobbing and begging for police to kill him.[9] He soon surrendered to police without further incident. Davidson had intended to kill himself after the shootings, but could not due to "pure cowardice". Davidson had left a murder suicide note in the hallway for the police to find, detailing the location of evidence and computer files in his house.[8]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_State_University_shooting

Of course, an argument can be made as to whether or not a ban on guns would have prevented this.