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07-24-2014, 06:59 PM
Robbers Use Gun On Gun-Free Campus To – What Else? – Rob Four Ohio StudentsJuly 24, 2014 by Ben Bullard (http://personalliberty.com/author/benbullardpl/)
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Guns are forbidden on the campus of the private Case Western University in Ohio, so it has some built-in value as a safe place for anybody with criminal intent against person and property.
Over the weekend, three guys concealed their faces with hoodies and bandannas came into a common area for on-campus housing, pulled out a handgun, and robbed four unlucky (and obviously unarmed) students.
The affair took place in the middle of the day Saturday. No one was injured and, according to a reporter for the Northeast Ohio Media Group (http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/07/four_case_western_reserve_univ.html), “most of” the victims’ possessions were recovered at a nearby house.
Case Western responded predictably, issuing a statement the following Monday saying “we feel compelled to take significant immediate, short- and long-term action to increase security on campus.” The short-term answer was to place a security guard in Wade Commons, the group area where the robbery occurred and to order a keycard-activated locks.
Long-term steps involve installing a door buzzer and security camera, as well as to “assess the university’s entire 500-acre campus’s perimeter, which borders several economically stressed neighborhoods in Cleveland and East Cleveland,” according to a follow-up report (http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/07/case_western_reserve_universit_34.html).
There was no mention of reevaluating the university’s gun policy.
It isn’t the first, or even the second, instance of on-campus violence this year. A woman was robbed at gunpoint in front of a campus building on June 10; another man was robbed of his cell phone in April, by a perpetrator who was allegedly seen carrying a pistol by witnesses.
http://personalliberty.com/robbers-use-gun-gun-free-campus-else-rob-four-ohio-students-2/
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Guns are forbidden on the campus of the private Case Western University in Ohio, so it has some built-in value as a safe place for anybody with criminal intent against person and property.
Over the weekend, three guys concealed their faces with hoodies and bandannas came into a common area for on-campus housing, pulled out a handgun, and robbed four unlucky (and obviously unarmed) students.
The affair took place in the middle of the day Saturday. No one was injured and, according to a reporter for the Northeast Ohio Media Group (http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/07/four_case_western_reserve_univ.html), “most of” the victims’ possessions were recovered at a nearby house.
Case Western responded predictably, issuing a statement the following Monday saying “we feel compelled to take significant immediate, short- and long-term action to increase security on campus.” The short-term answer was to place a security guard in Wade Commons, the group area where the robbery occurred and to order a keycard-activated locks.
Long-term steps involve installing a door buzzer and security camera, as well as to “assess the university’s entire 500-acre campus’s perimeter, which borders several economically stressed neighborhoods in Cleveland and East Cleveland,” according to a follow-up report (http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/07/case_western_reserve_universit_34.html).
There was no mention of reevaluating the university’s gun policy.
It isn’t the first, or even the second, instance of on-campus violence this year. A woman was robbed at gunpoint in front of a campus building on June 10; another man was robbed of his cell phone in April, by a perpetrator who was allegedly seen carrying a pistol by witnesses.
http://personalliberty.com/robbers-use-gun-gun-free-campus-else-rob-four-ohio-students-2/