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Traditional beginning of classes in gun-friendly…

North Carolina.

Such a treat to get pictures of these beautiful bright young people huddled in terrified silence, messaging their parents that they love them and have never been so scared… Wonder what the rest of the year will bring!

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The incident’s over, but no one’s saying anything about the incident. A few outlets are reporting one professor shot dead and another person wounded, but nothing’s been confirmed. Meanwhile, general trauma from having endured hours of lockdown/possible slaughter.

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Confirmation.

The killer’s tweets were, natch, full of paranoia; but a spot of paranoia never stopped anyone from amassing an arsenal in Tinderbox USA. OTC: No way being a maniac should keep a person from his very own AK47.

Local headline: UNC SHOOTING LEAVES ONE DEAD AND A CAMPUS TRAUMATIZED: ANOTHER DAY IN AMERICA.

Thousands traumatized, yes, but think hard too about how much fun it is to die like this. Maybe you’re lucky and you never know what hit you as the madman pumps away. Or maybe you die gradually, in agony, in shock, not knowing what’s going on, totally alone, anguishing in your last minutes of confused existence as you watch your blood pool. At least a dying soldier knows what’s up; at least he’s got buddies.

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The person shot to death in his office was the shooter’s advisor, with whom the shooter had published papers.

Motive? Sounds, if you read his tweets, like a John Lennon murder: A weak, envious paranoid decides to put his idol/nemesis out of business.

Margaret Soltan, August 28, 2023 2:51PM
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2 Responses to “Traditional beginning of classes in gun-friendly…”

  1. Anon Says:

    Horrible. The talk of tattletale girls and his privacy in those tweets — I predict we’ll find out some female students complained about the shooter and the advisor tried to rein him in. Wow are there a lot of red flags in those tweets. I bet the advisor was worried.

  2. Margaret Soltan Says:

    Anon: You’re probably right.

    The killer seems to have ditched the gun; but we certainly need to find out how he got it.

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