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Australian university gunman kills two
CNN.com ^ | October 21, 2002 | CNN Staff and wires

Posted on 10/20/2002 10:16:26 PM PDT by Imal

Edited on 04/29/2004 2:01:28 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

MELBOURNE, Australia -- A gunman has killed two people and wounded eight others on a university campus in Melbourne, before being captured by police.

The shooting occurred on the sixth-floor of the Menzies building on the Clayton campus of Monash University in the city's south.


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KEYWORDS: australia; gunman; shooting
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To: Dr. Frank
>>>This can not have happened. Australia has passed sweeping gun laws, and gun laws prevent criminals from getting guns. Case closed.<<<

My thoughts exactly. Gun laws were to prevent all of this!

21 posted on 10/21/2002 3:40:52 AM PDT by fone
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To: Arkinsaw
Interesting, the CNN article seems to have been taken directly from this report, but they seem to have gotten a couple things turned around. . .perhaps in their haste or maybe the facts have changed; but the following is from the Monash University Website:

"Incident at Monash University"

At approximately 11.20am today a shooting took place at the Menzies Building on the Clayton campus of Monash University. . .

Two men of Asian appearance have been killed and five people are injured and are in hospital receiving treatment. The extent of their injuries is not known.

. . .maybe not 'related' to terrorism; just a gut response to it. . .

22 posted on 10/21/2002 5:45:14 AM PDT by cricket
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To: monkeyshine
Demidog is desperate to deflect damning data away from the Moslemaniacs. No excuse is too lame, no falsehood too blatant to use trying to paint the followers of Islame as normal, peaceloving, righteous people.

It is funny actually.
23 posted on 10/21/2002 9:01:53 AM PDT by justshutupandtakeit
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To: monkeyshine
Again?

Yes. Again. Just like Waco. Just like Ruby Ridge. Only this time, Hillary will have a patriot act to help her. Thanks to President Bush.

24 posted on 10/21/2002 9:53:25 AM PDT by Demidog
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To: Demidog
And after Bush leaves office, the number of angry white supremist crimes might just get reported to titilate and provoke a nation.

And Y2K might kill us all.

25 posted on 10/21/2002 9:55:06 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: Dr. Frank
Not only that, but they confiscated all civilian hand-guns!
26 posted on 10/21/2002 11:02:57 AM PDT by M. T. Cicero II
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To: Dr. Frank
You beat me to it.
I was going to say the same thing.
28 posted on 10/21/2002 5:26:17 PM PDT by sport
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To: Arkinsaw
Well "Australia is a multi-cultural society now" and it's not proper to highlight such things as diversity killings.

But it appears at least one of the victims was Vietnamese and the gunman was Chinese. (I would have expected those nationalities or possibly Cambodian).

29 posted on 10/21/2002 5:31:10 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy
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To: M. T. Cicero II
Not only that, but they confiscated all civilian hand-guns!

No they didn't. The last confiscation was semi-automatic and pump action long guns.

This is the time calls will be are being made to "buy-back" legally owned handguns.

Even though I personally am betting the guns used by the Chinese gunman were
1. Not registered
2. Illegally smuggled into the country

30 posted on 10/21/2002 5:39:06 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy
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To: Oztrich Boy
Thanks for the info.
32 posted on 10/21/2002 6:44:04 PM PDT by M. T. Cicero II
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To: Imal
        Monash University

33 posted on 10/21/2002 7:04:00 PM PDT by Consort
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