Laughable when you consider how many USC officials, LE, and others, advocate for USC and other schools remaining as Gun Free Zones, also known as Victim Disarmament Zones, also known as Criminal Safety Zones.
There is a reason that so many active shooter terrorists pick Gun Free Zones such as schools, military bases, and hospitals, for their rampages. Too bad that our Powers That Be have not figured that out, yet.
It was scary. It was awful! Guys were coming out of the men’s room and looked to be bleeding from their ani. I was scared. Daddy told me not to go in the stalls with other guys. Now my anus is bleeding.
I was on campus last night – the situation was well handled by the USC PD and the PIO. Students/staff got the alert via the campus alert system. The university updated the status every 15-30 minutes and when it became more apparent that it was probably not a real event they said so. Finally issued an all clear and then an email explaining what happened. If you’re butt hurt because you didn’t know what was going on – tough. The people who needed to know (responders, students, faculty and staff) did.
If you’re a campus citizen and are not signed up for Carolina Alert, your ignorance is your fault.
I am a USC parent in the upstate with two kids there. I was in contact with them in real-time. We all get the Carolina Alerts. The alerts did go out, and I understand that the public is often the last to be informed of those types of outcomes (for good reason), but the wording was not clear and the updates were not timely. FitsNews was most concise,
As a parent who experienced this at another university and there was a shooter and victims, I believe USC handled it well.
We did not get those updates and were glued to the tv as well as waiting for texts from our student. I have another child employed at the university and they were not complaining about the updates. When the situation is fluid it is difficult for the agencies working to protect the students to also keep updates as the public would like.
I do hope students start to realize the effects of this on their families and friends, classmates before calling in a false alarm.
No, Squishy! They need to live their lives freely. This is something that surely can and does happen, but we don’t need Big Brother to save us by stripping rights and privileges ever again. I don’t care if it’s the zombie apocalypse—no more lockdowns except for brief ones for things such as last night.
I’m guessing some New Jersey yankee who never held a gun in real life saw that kid with an umbrella and just flew off the handle. When I went to college in SC (not USC), half the guys in the dorms had hunting rifles and shot guns in their closets to go hunting on weekends – myself included. Not a single time did anyone ever pull out a gun and point it at anyone or otherwise mishandle them. It was a different time and generation.
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Thank you, Will, for the timely updates. USC is not saying enough and not updating fast enough. Not good.
“Defend yourself if you encounter the suspect.”
Laughable when you consider how many USC officials, LE, and others, advocate for USC and other schools remaining as Gun Free Zones, also known as Victim Disarmament Zones, also known as Criminal Safety Zones.
There is a reason that so many active shooter terrorists pick Gun Free Zones such as schools, military bases, and hospitals, for their rampages. Too bad that our Powers That Be have not figured that out, yet.
I am glad that it was a false alarm this time!
It was scary. It was awful! Guys were coming out of the men’s room and looked to be bleeding from their ani. I was scared. Daddy told me not to go in the stalls with other guys. Now my anus is bleeding.
I was on campus last night – the situation was well handled by the USC PD and the PIO. Students/staff got the alert via the campus alert system. The university updated the status every 15-30 minutes and when it became more apparent that it was probably not a real event they said so. Finally issued an all clear and then an email explaining what happened. If you’re butt hurt because you didn’t know what was going on – tough. The people who needed to know (responders, students, faculty and staff) did.
If you’re a campus citizen and are not signed up for Carolina Alert, your ignorance is your fault.
I am a USC parent in the upstate with two kids there. I was in contact with them in real-time. We all get the Carolina Alerts. The alerts did go out, and I understand that the public is often the last to be informed of those types of outcomes (for good reason), but the wording was not clear and the updates were not timely. FitsNews was most concise,
As a parent who experienced this at another university and there was a shooter and victims, I believe USC handled it well.
We did not get those updates and were glued to the tv as well as waiting for texts from our student. I have another child employed at the university and they were not complaining about the updates. When the situation is fluid it is difficult for the agencies working to protect the students to also keep updates as the public would like.
I do hope students start to realize the effects of this on their families and friends, classmates before calling in a false alarm.
Faculty will be petitioning for remote learning again. Students will be safer learning from the locked basement bedrooms.
No, Squishy! They need to live their lives freely. This is something that surely can and does happen, but we don’t need Big Brother to save us by stripping rights and privileges ever again. I don’t care if it’s the zombie apocalypse—no more lockdowns except for brief ones for things such as last night.
I’m guessing some New Jersey yankee who never held a gun in real life saw that kid with an umbrella and just flew off the handle. When I went to college in SC (not USC), half the guys in the dorms had hunting rifles and shot guns in their closets to go hunting on weekends – myself included. Not a single time did anyone ever pull out a gun and point it at anyone or otherwise mishandle them. It was a different time and generation.
Catfish, I bet you didn’t worry about mass shootings then because there weren’t any. I wonder why…