Another Mass Shooting in a "Gun Free" Zone

Bringing a shotgun and a bad attitude into a room full of unarmed people is not going to turn out well:

DE KALB, Ill (CBS) ― A gunman opened fire on a geology class at Northern Illinois University Thursday afternoon, killing five people before killing himself on-stage in front of panicked students.

NIU President John Peters said a total of 22 people were shot, including the gunman. Four people, including the gunman, died at the scene; two others died later at area hospitals.

Officials said the gunman opened fire in a lecture hall shortly after 3 p.m. and the campus was immediately placed on lockdown. Police were on the scene within minutes, but the gunman had already killed himself by the time they arrived.

The shooting happened at a geology lecture class in Cole Hall. Officials said the gunman emerged from behind a screen at the front of the lecture hall and opened fire with a shotgun.

Police said the gunman, armed with a shotgun and two handguns, shot the teacher, a graduate student instructor, and several students before killing himself onstage in front of the class.

Witnesses described the shooting as "a very brief rapid-fire assault that ended with the gunman taking his own life," Peters said.

I wonder how many of these it's going to take before somebody wises up and allows qualified individuals to carry concealed weapons on campuses. If even one person in that crowd had been able to fight back this situation might have been stopped with much less loss of life.

UPDATE: Two law school professors discuss their support for allowing concealed weapons on campus.