Shootings at Northern Illinois University

[sleepyjackson21]

Another VA Tech like rampage. Gunman walks into a class and starts shooting. Local news here says at least 5 dead and at least 18 students shot. Just awful awful news.

[vcjack]

The shooter was aparently not a NIU student, according to police
www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/14/university.shooting/index.html

I have friends there but aparently they are ok. This is a troubled world we live in

[Deleted]

Its days like this I'm SO GLAD we have such easy access to firearms in this country.



Such terrible news. Thoughts are with everyone hurt, whether directly or indirectly.

[theexorcist]

Feb 15, 2008 8:46:43 GMT -5 buffalohoya said:

Its days like this I'm SO GLAD we have such easy access to firearms in this country.



Such terrible news. Thoughts are with everyone hurt, whether directly or indirectly.

Let's sort of skip over the gun thing, which to me, seemed the most odious part of the Tech shootings, on both sides.

I'd love if newscasts stopped naming the shooters. In many cases, the event has included a desire for fame. If all agreed not to name the killer, the possibility of copycat incidents might go down.

[vcjack]

Gunman was Steven P. Kazmierczak, a 27 year old grad student from UIUC and a NIU graduate. Aparently was awarded some sort of distinction from NIU for his research of the Illinois State prison system and especially prisoner's "self inflicted wounds"

www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/15/university.shooting/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

Victims are also identified