We went to CU. This campus is in the heart of Boulder. It is pretty wide open too so anyone can come in or out. This is how we expect a large University like CU to be.

The man who did this was a former employee and steps are being taken care of (according to the news) to look into how he got a job at CU.

This could have easily happened in any city but its news after VA Tech since it happened on another college campus. How many of you would have heard about it if it happened in the city of Boulder and not at CU? probably only people who live in metro Denver / Boulder due to it being local news.

Sent by JM Fay | 2:48 PM ET | 08-28-2007

I was dismayed that a segment on campus safety neglected to even mention sexual assault. Between one in four and one in five college women are victims of completed or attempted rape during their college years. [Fisher BS, Cullen FT, Turner MG. The sexual victimization of college women. Washington (DC): Department of Justice (US), National Institute of Justice; 2000. Publication No. NCJ 182369. Available at www.ncjrs.org]

It is ridiculous to declare campuses safe with this kind of statistic.

Sent by Amanda | 4:20 PM ET | 08-28-2007

james fox is naive to believe that one brave sole with the proper tool to deal with a madman could not have stopped the killing. Nobody can protect you from insane criminals. Protect yourself and teach your children to protect themselves.

Sent by steve | 4:27 PM ET | 08-28-2007

I listened to the guest today who spoke about how he thought that fears about violent crime on campuses should not be blown out of proportion. I think that he made some very good points about the things that we should focus on. I am a college professor, and I do not go to work every day with the fear that there will be a shooting or something of the maginitude of the events at Virginia Tech. However, we should not get lulled into such a sense of security that we don't have some kind of reasonable contingency plans in place when and if these rare kinds of events do occur. Additionally, I was very disturbed by the way that the guest presented his message. When he was on air, there was a mocking, almost sarcastic tone to his voice when he spoke. At one point, I even detecteda hint of laughter in his voice. When he said that mass shootings on campuses are a "drop in the bucket" compared to other kinds of crimes that occur on campuses, I was offended because I felt that he trivialized the Virginia Tech tragedy. When future guests are selected for the show, I hope that that producers remember that a person's delivery style is just as important as the message that he or she wishes to deliver.

Sent by Y. Henry | 8:09 PM ET | 08-28-2007

In response to the radio show and a point being discussed regarding the amount of money being spent to ensure safe campuses--perhaps more money should be spent on examining admissions of potentially threatening students. Better screening from the admissions offices would be money well spent. The student at VA Tech responsible for the shootings might never have been at that campus had admissions taken a closer look at his high school background according to what media has reported. I do not believe that a campus can be "completely" safe unless it is a jail, which we know is not what a college campus is supposed to be. My vote lies with money spent in the admissions office for better screening of prospective admits. It would be a start along with the start-up of new messaging services that many campuses are now offering this year. I do not believe in having professors armed in the classroom.

Sent by Karen Simonetti | 10:23 PM ET | 08-28-2007

I was very disapointed that once again an NPR show put on a single guest who only gives one sided opinions. It is too much to ask that an NPR show be balanced?

Not only that, but the professonr made referrences to statistics about lawful citizens carrying fireamrs causing more gun deaths which was completely MADE UP. There are no such statistics and in fact the few studies out there show the exact opposite. It concerned me even more the Mr Williams also claimed to know about those imaginary statistics.

The fact remains that if people were allowed to defend themselves, this would have never happend. Sad that the educated talking heads can't seem to grasp that simple concept.

Sent by Miguel Najera | 1:10 PM ET | 08-30-2007