Yet Another School Shooting!!!

[Glockster20]

Well.... It's official... people are losing their freakin minds!!! Another black eye for us gun owners

Police: female faculty member kills three on UA-Huntsville campus

Police: female faculty member kills three on UA-Huntsville campus
Posted: Feb 12, 2010 4:15 PM CST
Updated: Feb 12, 2010 7:46 PM CST
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) - Police said a female member of the UA-Huntsville faculty shot and killed three co-workers on campus.

Huntsville Police, Madison County Sheriff's department and HEMSI responded to a shooting at the UAH campus at 4:00 Friday afternoon.

The shooting happened in the Shelby Center, a math and science classroom building.

Authorities said a female faculty member during a Biology faculty meeting learned she would not receive tenure. She then pulled out a gun and started shooting.

Tenure in this case refers to a senior academic's contractual right not to have their position terminated without just cause.

Police also have the alleged shooter's husband in custody. He has not been formally charged with anything.

UA-Huntsville spokesman Ray Garner confirmed three people were shot and killed.

Three others were wounded.

The FBI, ABI and U.S. Marshals are assisting in the investigation.

"Everybody's thoughts and prayers are with the families. The board will stay informed on what has happened and will do what it can to support the University," said University of Alabama Board of Trustees President Finis St. John IV.

"I am deeply saddened to hear of this horrible tragedy. My thoughts and prayers are with the students, faculty, and staff of the University of Alabama Huntsville, and especially with the families of the victims," said Senator Richard Shelby.

"My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families," said Congressman Parker Griffith. "I am in contact with local authorities and am awaiting further details."

"This is a tragedy of immeasurable proportions and a terrible a blow to our community. Now is a time for thoughtful prayer for those affected. This is a devastating event for our community – and we all feel the shock from this tragedy," he continued.

Governor Bob Riley offered the state's assistance.

"This is a horrible tragedy and my thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. I want to commend the Huntsville police, the Sheriff's office and State Troopers for their response. If there is any assistance state agencies can provide to local authorities, it will be provided," he said.

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[HK4U]

Well I guess in her case any chance of Tenure in the future is absolutely out of the question.

 

[wysart]

It is a shame that anyone should feel the need to do such - all it achieves is to blacken the concept of firearms. Very soon there will be cries for the banning of firearms again, and we, the legally responsible carriers of concealed weapons will be the target.

 

[Glockster20]

Oops.. I see you already got the jump on me with the news article HK:biggrin:

 

[HK4U]

Oops.. I see you already got the jump on me with the news article HK:biggrin:

Not a problem Glockster. You know there was a new term invented years ago called going postal. Wonder how long before someone coins the term going academia?

 

[ToyRunner1]

All I can say is I hope it isn't learned that she was a concealed permit holder. That would be an even larger black eye in my mind. It does tend to support the possition of the Students for Concealed Carry on Campus organization though. Maybe if they had the right, someone could have protected themselves, or is that one of the few that allows licensed concealed carry?

 

[JJFlash]

We better get ready to FIGHT for our 2A rights. There's just way too much going on not to prompt a huge outcry for "the guns".

I really don't know if there is hope for this country. We've turned into a loony bin. The traditional (hard-working, freedom-loving) American is considered an extremist, is in a minority, and is fading fast. Meanwhile, the lunatics are running the asylum.

 

[g30sheepdog]

.... I thought schools were "gun free zones"?..... That concept doesn’t seem to be working out too well for the sheep..... :dirol:

 

[Alaska444]

The gun free zones are the places that all of these massacres take place. If someone else in the room had a CCW, it would be a totally different story coming out of this college. I guess that they don't get the connection.

 

[Ringo]

The gun free zones are the places that all of these massacres take place. If someone else in the room had a CCW, it would be a totally different story coming out of this college. I guess that they don't get the connection.

They most definitely get the connection,don't ever be so naive as to believe otherwise. To present the truth in connection with CCW, and to except the truth as we gun enthusiasts know it to be true, would be using common sense and promoting the 2nd amendment, CCW, etc. etc. They cannot allow that to happen.

 

[fuhr52]

The gun free zones are the places that all of these massacres take place. If someone else in the room had a CCW, it would be a totally different story coming out of this college. I guess that they don't get the connection.

They don't want to get the connection. The big cities in this country that have the highest crime rate are all anti gun. They can't even see that. Of course that doesn't fit there anti gun agenda. :angry:

 

[ricbak]

There are reports surfacing that are, I guess, just bloody disturbing...

Amy Bishop is charged with capital murder in the shooting deaths of three fellow biology professors. A Massachusetts police chief discloses that Bishop fatally shot her own brother in 1986.

Professor's arrest roils Alabama campus after shootings - latimes.com
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[HK4U]

Sounds like she may be a real nut job.

 

[JJFlash]

Having gone thru the tenure process myself, I can attest that it's quite stressful and I would've liked to have unloaded a few .45s in the faculty conference room. I did, however, manage to control myself. I mean, you gotta have a little restraint, for pete's sake.

(Rest of story: 5 years after having been granted tenure, I couldn't take the socialist university work environment any longer, and resigned.)

 

[huddydrvr]

All I can say is I hope it isn't learned that she was a concealed permit holder. That would be an even larger black eye in my mind. It does tend to support the possition of the Students for Concealed Carry on Campus organization though. Maybe if they had the right, someone could have protected themselves, or is that one of the few that allows licensed concealed carry?

She was NOT a licensed pistol holder - according to Fox News online, quoting the sheriff who is conducting the investigation.

Frankly I doubt most, if not all, of these nutballs have permits for the weapons. This particular woman would probably not have been issued a permit, given her previous history (altho it's hard to say - sounds like someone has deliberately muddled up the records of her past gun violation).

 

[HK4U]

Here is more on this nut job.

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Alleged University Shooter Was Suspect in Harvard Professor Bomb Attempt

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Feb. 12: Amy Bishop is taken into custody by Huntsville, Ala. police.

Feb. 12: Amy Bishop is taken into custody by Huntsville, Ala. police.

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An Alabama professor accused of shooting six colleagues was a suspect in the attempted mail bombing of a Harvard Medical School professor in December of 1993, the Boston Globe reported.

Amy Bishop and her husband James Anderson were questioned by authorities after a package with two bombs were sent to Dr. Paul Rosenberg, the newspaper reported.

When Rosenberg saw the long, thin package had wires and a cylinder inside, he and his wife called police and ran from their Newton, Mass. home Dec. 19, 1993, the Globe reported.

Two 6-inch pipe bombs connected to two nine-volt batteries were found in the package.

The new information comes a day after information surfaced that Bishop killed her brother. The 1986 shooting was ruled accidental and no charges were filed against her.

Bishop, who has four children, was arrested soon after the violent Friday shooting at the University of Alabama and charged with capital murder. Other charges are pending. Her husband was detained and questioned by police but has not been charged.

Three of her colleagues were killed in shooting, and a 9 mm handgun was found in the bathroom of the building where the shootings occurred.
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Bishop, a rare woman suspected of a workplace shooting, had just months left teaching at school in Huntsville because she was denied tenure.

Several months after a federal investigation into the Harvard medical professor's attempted bombing a prime suspect was identified, but never named.

An unnamed law enforcement official told the Globe Sunday the suspect was Bishop, and her husband.

At the time, Bishop was a Harvard doctoral student working at the same hospital as Rosenberg.

The official told the Globe Bishop was suspected because she was allegedly concerned she was going to be given a bad evaluation from the professor on her doctorate work.

Her house was searched and she and her husband were questioned, but the U.S. attorney's office in Boston never brought charges against the couple, the Globe reported.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.