Another Shooting At Another Supposedly Safe 'Gun Free' Campus; This Time Its Louisiana

Updated: Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, 5:57 pm -- The shooter was a student at Lousiana Tech. Some 20 people were in the classroom when she fired upon her two victims, according to CNN.

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Updated: Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, 2:03 pm -- AP has a further update. The two women believed to be the shooting victims were shot while in their classroom seats. The third woman, the shooter, took her life. Authorities are trying to determine if she was a student at Lousiana Tech.

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Updated: Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, 1:09 pm -- An update from MSNBC.

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A female student at Lousiana Technical College in Baton Rouge shot two other female students, then turned the gun on herself this morning. The murder-suicide took place in a second floor classroom on the campus.

CNN has the early details.

And even if students had wanted to defend themselves using a firearm, it is illegal to do so. Here is the section of the Louisiana Tech safety manual dealing with safety on campus.

"If you observe a person on campus with a firearm or other deadly weapon, contact Police Enforcement immediately. If a person is threatening someone, call
911 immediately. State law forbids firearms on grounds of educational institutions even if the individual has a concealed weapons permit. State law provides for the college district to regulate deadly weapons, which includes firearms, on campuses. Louisiana Technical College does not allow firearms or any deadly weapon on its campuses."

These young ladies, the victime, never had a chance.

This an example of yet another campus where students have been told they will be safe because no guns are allowed. This very restriction is what draws violent sociopaths to shoot up schools, malls and churches. And students hands are tied. They cannot defend themselves.

Increasingly, and in some cases reluctantly, Americans are waking up to the reality that feel-good prohibitions against legal carry create nothing but victim-rich zones of opportunity for criminals.