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Oakland...the stupidity continues

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  • Jul 27, 2007
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    Officials: 6 dead in Christian school shooting
    By TERRY COLLINS | Associated Press – 30 mins agoRelated Contentprevnext An Oakland police officer approaches …


    OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A gunman opened fire at a Christian university in California Monday, killing at least six people and wounding three more, authorities said. Police say they have a suspect in custody.

    The shooting erupted around midmorning at Oikos University in Oakland and left six dead, according to City Council President Larry Reid, who said he was told the count by the police chief.

    Police believe the shooter acted alone, Reid said. Authorities have not discussed a possible motive.

    The suspect was taken into custody in the neighboring city of Alameda, according to law enforcement officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information.

    Officer Johnna Watson did not give any other details about the suspect.

    Authorities earlier described him as a heavyset Korean man in his 40s wearing khaki clothing.

    "I can confirm that we do have one person who has been detained that we believe is possibly responsible for this shooting," Watson said.




    KTVU-TV reported that the shooter was a student and opened fire in a classroom.

    Earlier, television news footage showed a chaotic scene as heavily armed officers swarmed into the building, located in a large industrial park near the Oakland airport.

    The footage also showed bloodied victims on stretchers being loaded into ambulances. Several bodies covered in sheets were laid out on a patch of grass.

    Pastor Jong Kim, who founded the school about 10 years ago, told the Oakland Tribune that the shooter was a nursing student who was no longer enrolled. He did not know if the shooter was expelled or dropped out.

    Kim said he heard about 30 rapid-fire gunshots in the building.

    "I stayed in my office," he said.

    Deborah Lee, who was in an English language class, said she heard five to six gunshots at first. "The teacher said, 'Run,' and we run," she said. "I was OK, because I know God protects me. I'm not afraid of him."

    Angie Johnson told the San Francisco Chronicle that she saw a young woman leave the building with blood coming from her arm and crying: "I've been shot. I've been shot."

    The injured woman said the shooter was a man in her nursing class who got up and shot one person at point-blank range in the chest before spraying the room with bullets, Johnson said.

    "She said he looked crazy all the time," she said the victim told her, "but they never knew how far he would go."

    According to its website, Oikos University offers studies in theology, music, nursing and Asian medicine. A telephone message left on the university's voicemail was not immediately returned.
     
    Re: Oakland...the stupidity continues

    I'd like to say they'll see the light and give everybody CCW so somebody could have stopped him after a couple of shots but more than likely this will just fuel the anti's even more.

    Pray for the poor victims who obviously we're just trying to better their lives.
     
    Re: Oakland...the stupidity continues

    I don't believe it. It can't be true. Guns are banned on campuses, everybody knows that! And since he was only supposed to have ten round magazines in cali he couldn't have shot that many rounds!

    Oh...wait...you mean...all those logical, sensical laws did absolutely nothing to prevent this...wow...that just blows my mind!

    Don't get me wrong, its sad those 6 people died. But it's also sad that the anti-gunners will use this as fuel, even though if people would use rational thinking they would realize the current laws did nothing to help, so any stricter laws will have the same effect - none. Yes I know I'm preaching to the choir, ignore me if you'd like.
     
    Re: Oakland...the stupidity continues

    You notice how these things never happen at an NRA convention, a gun range, etc. I wonder why? MAYBE its because people KNOW their are guns there. No guns in schools=free fire zones for the non law abiding.

    Its sad, one person with a ccw could have stopped it, or tried too.
     
    Re: Oakland...the stupidity continues

    <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ubet</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You notice how these things never happen at an NRA convention, a gun range, etc. I wonder why? MAYBE its because people KNOW their are guns there. No guns in schools=free fire zones for the non law abiding.

    Its sad, one person with a ccw could have stopped it, or tried too. </div></div>

    well i have heard of a couple stories of people being shot at gun ranges but your point is still valid and i agree with you
     
    Re: Oakland...the stupidity continues

    <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ubet</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You notice how these things never happen at an NRA convention, a gun range, etc. I wonder why? MAYBE its because people KNOW their are guns there. No guns in schools=free fire zones for the non law abiding.
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    Re: Oakland...the stupidity continues

    i bet that when, 3-5 years from now, he comes to trial NO gun charges will even be included. gun laws are a minor inconvenience to a mass murderer.