Ga. college locked down due to 'active shooter'

[SecularMotion]

Source: Springfield News

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Georgia college is on lockdown due to an active shooter situation.

According to the Paine College communications officer, "this is active shooter situation and we are barricaded in the office."

The Augusta ABC affiliate, WJBF said Georgia Regents University Health Sciences campus, medical center and doctors offices are also locked down as police search for a gunman.

Read more: http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/news/national/paine-college-locked-down-due-active-shooter/nfpmP/

[perdita9]

1. Is anyone surprised?

Georgia's state government practically worships guns to the point that they don't recognize the rights of non-gun owning citizens.

[hack89]

5. The fact that Paine College is in a high crime area

and is considered a "relatively dangerous" place to go to school might also have something to do with it.

http://www.american-school-search.com/safety/paine-college

[Hoyt]

8. Leave it to gun culture to jump to that conclusion.

Interestingly, this was a relatively minor incident at a predominantly Black university (unlike when white wing, often permitted, gun lovers open fire for the hell of it on a bunch of kids, or the militia shows up with their guns to intimidate.)

[hack89]

12. "relatively minor incident"? Someone got shot

I don't understand your comments regarding race - are you saying that the race of the shooter is the deciding factor as to whether the incident was major or minor? I understand your fixation on race, but don't think you really want to go there.

[Hoyt]

13. The majority of gun fanciers are right (white) wing bigots. The fear of minorities is main reason

they turn to guns. It's plain as day, even in Gungeon.

[hack89]

14. But many shooters are black

so how does that fit into your meme?

Lets remember that interracial shootings are not the norm - usually white shoot whites and blacks shoot blacks.

[HooptieWagon]

16. What a crock of bullshit. nt

[Hoyt]

17. A gun fancier, I presume?

[HooptieWagon]

23. You presume wrong, as usual.

I don't have a dog in the fight, and have observed that both sides lie their asses off to further their agendas.

[840high]

25. Didn't take you long to

jump in with race.

[Hoyt]

26. Well, majority of gun crowd is just like NRA, quite bigoted.

[hack89]

30. Yet non-whites shoot and kill many people as well

Are they part of the gun crowd? What label do you place on them?

[Hoyt]

31. You are stating exactly what spurs most arming up, fear of minorities.

[hack89]

32. What spurs minorities to arm up?

Let's remember that shooting people is not an all white thing by any stretch of the imagination.

[Duckhunter935]

34. it is to some

[Helen Borg]

2. It's only a matter of time.

One day, an entire town will be on lock down because too many people with guns go nuts and start shooting at each other like crazy.

[arcane1]

3. Good lord, how many active shooters are we going to have today??

[mikeysnot]

4. Another law abiding citizen I presume...

in a gunz every where state...

[cynzke]

36. Of Course!

They are all "law-abiding" citizens until the day they massacre dozens of people. Then they turn into that odd nutcase. So now the cops have the additional burden of trying to determine who is the shooter on campus and who is just one of the law-abiding citizen now free legally to carry a weapon. Not like the cops won't mistakenly shoot the wrong person. THAT never happens.

[rtracey]

6. So

Now as an open carry anywhere is Georgia open to more of this crazy stuff, and we shall see if this law doesn't cost states more budget funding.

[Duckhunter935]

28. the law has not even taken effect

kind of hard to blame it on that is it not?

[Lint Head]

7. Georgia? Really? Who would have guessed.

The State of Georgia has created a situation where the next mass murder will probably be committed there. Some pissed off gun nut will take his or her frustration out on innocent people and we will have another debate that will result in nothing. The NRA has a GUN to the heads of us all. And if we don't do what the NRA says one of their members or non dues paying followers will use a gun to "Keep the 2nd Amendment safe!" Because we have no other "real" Amendments or Rights. They are all being slowly destroyed by the same right wing creeps who want to just keep the 2nd and dispose of the rest. The Kochs, the NRA and the Tea Party are destroying Free Speech, Privacy, the Right to Pursue Happiness, no matter what that happiness is, Equal Rights in the fairness of race and the fairness that we "should have" when it comes participating in the economy. The only ones who make "real" money are the rich. Investing requires minimums. A rule that was put in place by corporate lobbyists. If the minimum wage isn't raised no one will have the money to invest in a small french fry much less a stock or a small business. The corporate conglomerates are taking over every aspect of our lives. Even our private and personal lives. It's economical and political rape and they want us to just "lay back and enjoy it".

[russspeakeasy]

9. + 1

[billh58]

20. +100

Well said, and very true.

[Hosnon]

24. The new law hasn't gone into effect, yet. nt.

[Lint Head]

33. The new law is just icing on the laws already there.

[FreedRadical]

10. My God this feels like it is happening daily.

But hey, its a dangerous school so no big deal.

[geretogo]

11. How boring America would be if not for a monthly mass shooting . The news media loves them for

the increase in ratings . Save the unborn and blow its brains out later .

[Liberalynn]

15. +

Sadly this is what it's come too in this country!

[Swede Atlanta]

19. As someone who lives in Georgia this does not surprise me........

Georgia politicians have been on a trajectory to take this state to the bottom of the heap. They have cut funding for public education, transportation, law enforcement, pre-K, all manner of public programs to help the poor and the sick. The winners? The winners have been the usual suspects - the wealthy, monied interests in the form of reduced taxes and regulation on businesses.

They think if they get taxes to near zero for big money they will come to Georgia. Their bi-line is this will create jobs. In reality the only bi-line is big money will continue to fund their campaigns. The problem is for companies that require skilled labor Georgia isn't going to make it. If you don't invest in public education and make a commitment to turning out an educated workforce, companies cannot come here.

And then there are 3 GOP "G"s....gays, god and guns.

They tried this legislative session to codify "hate the gays" so that businesses could refuse to serve you if you were gay or perceived as gay. The business community came out strongly against this including Delta. No doubt they will try this again next year in order to "ensure religious liberty".

But then they combined god and guns with the guns anywhere bill that will go into effect July 1. Now you can take your gun anywhere except where specifically prohibited such as courthouses and of course the state offices of the legislature including the capitol. No policeman can ask you to see your concealed carry permit. You can carry your gun into the airport, churches and bars.

What could possibly go wrong? So while this incident is not directly related to the new guns anywhere bill it is a symptom of a culture gone wrong where guns and money are loved but people are reviled.

[billh58]

21. Thank you for

your perspective, and for the truth that the right-wing gun lobby tries so hard to blur and distort.

[Turbineguy]

22. Well, there's really not much point in

educating people if you're just going to shoot them.

[Hoyt]

27. So true. LOL.

[HockeyMom]

29. Georgia on my mind

They need to change their signs. Georgia out of it's mind.

[TeamPooka]

35. It's Georgia. They just voted for this to happen everywhere. The Gov signed the law.

What else did you think was going to happen?

[hack89]

37. Paine College is in a high crime area

it has a disturbing history of campus crime.

This has nothing to do with the new law.