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Texas A&M on lockdown, suspected gunman on campus
Asso. Press ^ | 10-28-10

Posted on 10/28/2010 3:12:13 PM PDT by native texan

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M University has issued a lockdown on its main campus, warnings students of a suspected gunman on campus. University spokesman Lane Stephenson says a campus bus driver was on his route around 4 p.m. Thursday when he reported seeing an individual carrying a weapon, possibly a rifle, near the student union. The university's Web site says there is a "Code Maroon." It says students should remain indoors while police search the buildings.

(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gunman; lockdown; texasam

1 posted on 10/28/2010 3:12:16 PM PDT by native texan
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To: native texan

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2 posted on 10/28/2010 3:13:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
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To: native texan
Thursday when he reported seeing an individual carrying a weapon, possibly a rifle, near the student union.

Uh... they're called Rudders Rangers, you idiot!

A&M has become completely wussified in the past couple of decades.

3 posted on 10/28/2010 3:35:21 PM PDT by fwdude (Anita Bryant was right.)
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To: native texan
...carrying a weapon, possibly a rifle,...

If he's not sure it's a rifle, how does he even know it's a weapon?

4 posted on 10/28/2010 3:49:33 PM PDT by 3niner (When Obama succeeds, America fails.)
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To: native texan

We’ve simply GOT to have some high-profile gun crimes before the election.


5 posted on 10/28/2010 3:53:33 PM PDT by dljordan ("His father's sword he hath girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him")
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To: native texan

Good Lord not this again! This is Texas we’re talking about. Why isn’t some law-abiding, legally- armed Texan hunting this animal right now? WTF would Sam Houston say?


6 posted on 10/28/2010 4:34:43 PM PDT by jmacusa (Two wrongs don't make a right. But they can make it interesting.)
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