University of Chicago Cancels Classes After Shooting Threat

The University of Chicago has canceled all classes and activities at its main Hyde Park campus on Monday after being warned of threats of gun violence against the campus from the FBI.
Survivor Chris Mintz Recounts Oregon Shooting, A Day That 'Started So Normal,' On Facebook
Chris Mintz, who was wounded during the mass shooting at Umpqua Community College earlier this month, has taken to Facebook to share his eye-witness account, the Associated Press reports.
Jeb Bush Offers Heartfelt Condolences to a Grieving Nation: 'Stuff Happens'
Presidential candidate and living monogram Jeb Bush finally weighed in on yesterday’s tragedy at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College, offering those grieving the loss of nine lives the following emotional liniment: What’re ya gonna do?
Hospitals That Have Dealt With Mass Shootings Send Pizza to Each Other
On Thursday, Louisiana’s Lafayette General Medical Center, the hospital that tended to victims of the July movie theater shooting, sent ten pizzas to Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg, Oregon, as they struggled to keep up with incoming victims after a shooting at Umpqua Community College left 10 dead and seven others…
Oregon Shooter Described as an Isolated Weirdo Who Hated Organized Religion
Media outlets are quickly uncovering details about Chris Harper Mercer, 26, identified last night as the shooter who killed ten people and injured seven at the Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon on Thursday. His neighbors describe him as an isolated, cranky weirdo in camo pants who frequently yelled at them,…
UCC Shooter May Have Announced Shooting on 4Chan Last Night
In the wake of Thursday’s mass shooting at an Oregon community college, a screenshot is circulating that purports to be of a discussion thread from yesterday on the message board 4chan, on a sub-board called /r9k/. The original poster warns, “Don’t go to school tomorrow if you’re in the Northwest.”
Amy Schumer Calls for Better Background Checks After Trainwreck Shooting
New York Senator Chuck Schumer and his slightly better-known cousin Amy held a joint press conference Monday, calling for stronger background checks and better mental health funding as part of a plan to try to reduce the devastating number of mass shootings in the United States. A gunman killed two women and injured…
America: Where It's Okay to Regulate Women, But Not Guns
Will yesterday's tragic and terrible mass shooting in Washington DC finally jolt elected officials to pull their heads out of their holsters and start considering some real gun control like human beings with feelings that extend beyond a desire to secure the AK-fellating firearm hoarder vote? To answer my own…
