As much as I would like for the gentlemen involved to be obsolved of wrong doing. I did hear that this was University owned/operated off campus housing. If so the university rules do apply. However, some rationality should apply given the situation.
The university did not discharge their responsibility to keep safe, and that washes all deals.
Rationality, from a Catholic-run school?
Not going to happen. They’re decidedly anti-gun, and probably quite proud to tout this.