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http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/09/... (CNN) -- At least 14 people were injured in a stabbing incident Tuesday morning at Lone Star College's CyFair campus in the Houston area, officials said. Authorities have detained one suspect at the campus in Cypress, Texas -- so far the only suspect at this point, a sheriff's spokesman told reporters Tuesday afternoon. Student Maya Khalil, 19, was in class in the campus' health sciences building when the incident happened, she said. She managed to take photos of the chaotic scene as it unfolded. "It was really scary," Khalil said. Authorities released different accounts of how many people were wounded. Robert Rasa, a spokesman for the CyFair Volunteer Fire Department, said 15 people were hurt. Sheriff's officials said 14 people were wounded. The school was on lockdown Tuesday afternoon while authorities combed the campus to ensure no other injured people or attackers were there, Harris County sheriff's spokesman Alan Bernstein said. Marianna Sviland, a teacher at the college, told CNN at 2 p.m. (3 p.m. ET) that students and staff were being allowed to leave campus. Bernstein said it wasn't clear whether all of the injured people were stabbed. "It's possible other people were running away" and became injured that way, he said. Four people were taken to a hospital by helicopter, authorities said. The conditions of the victims weren't immediately available. The four flown to a hospital "were in a dire enough situation that they were taken out on helicopters," Bernstein said. Bernstein said it will take time for authorities to go through the campus and "make sure there (is) not another suspect or suspects." "I do believe the confrontation was limited to a few (classrooms) or just one classroom -- not anybody roaming around and getting into a large number of areas," Bernstein said. Details about what led to the incident weren't immediately released. "Stay away from the area. Seek shelter in a secure location until the incident is resolved," the school posted on its website. Tuesday's incident comes more than two months after three people were wounded in a shooting at a different Lone Star College campus -- the North Harris campus in Houston.

Kiddo · Apr 9, 2013 2:29 PM · 30,080 views

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I keep those paragraphs but it is not showing in the text. Hmmmmmm

freedom2012 · Apr 10, 2013 3:31 PM

"guns don't kill, people do." Gun lovers use this a lot but actually this is the very reason why guns should be banned. Humans kill!. Guns are like badhar ko haath mah nariwal. :)

freedom2012 · Apr 10, 2013 3:44 PM

A gun become a dangerous toy in the hands of human beings because their emotions fluctuate all the time and you never know when they snap. That is the reason we hear about so many people who snap and kill innocent people including kids. If they did not have easy access to guns they would not be able to go on a killing spree. Those people who went on killing spree, how many times do you think they used their guns to defend themselves? I wonder if we did a survey of 100 people owning guns, how many times have they used their guns to defend themselves?

rethink · Apr 10, 2013 4:03 PM

 This just in http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04...

durbarmargnepal · Apr 11, 2013 11:40 AM

Come to think of it. If there was any statistics about how many times guns were used for offensive purpose versus how many times they were used for defensive purpose, I think it would tilt heavily to the side of offensive use. So the defense theory just doesn't cut it.

rethink · Apr 11, 2013 11:40 AM

@Alternate. I have to say there's no hole in your argument; you make valid points. @Freedom. I know where you're coming from and you aren't completely wrong. The only thing I suggest is that try to not jump into making an apparent cause, the root cause of a problem. I have stated many points for the position I take; if they didn't persuade, I hope they at least gave you something to think about. You said, "I do not understand where you get your argument that it will INCREASE the amount of weapons out there." When did I say this? Banning guns will make guns accessible to the wrong people only, I didn't say it will have increased effect overall. You also said, "Making drugs illegal has lessened the problem of drugs. There are lesser drugs out there." Where are you getting these "facts" from? See this Time's article, pay attention to point 2: http://world.time.com/2012/06/... @Rethink."Come to think of it. If there was any statistics about how many times guns were used for offensive purpose versus how many times they were used for defensive purpose, I think it would tilt heavily to the side of offensive use." Remember what I said about guns being defensive weapons, they act as a deterrent. How can you keep a tab on how many times the gun has become a deterrent? Also, despite what media has potrayed it to look like, gun violence is not as epidemic as you people are making it out to be.That doesn't mean we shouldn't do anything about it, but taking the gun away might not be the solution is what I am saying. Look, if it was as easy as Govt instituting a ban and people would stop using it, I'd whole heartedly do it. What I am saying is that prohibition and banning hasn't worked and will not work. We have to come up with another approach to this problem.

Kiddo · Apr 11, 2013 12:41 PM

Another thing to remember is you can only defend yourself if you carry a gun with you all the time. Very very few gun lovers actually do that. For example the movie theatre massacre, those people who died in the theatre probably had a gun at home. So having a gun is not enough. You must carry with you and be ready to draw and you must also have prior knowledge who will shoot and when. Only those who are members of a gang do that. Considering all these, your chances of being alive remains the same with or without a gun. The chances of you having a gun and being able to defend yourself with it are as much as winning the lottery. If the USA government goes berserk (hehe this is the reason why most US citizens own guns) then that's it. A gun will not protect u. US government can even get Saddam in his own country out of a hole in the ground, so if US government goes berserk, one can only pray. :)

freedom2012 · Apr 11, 2013 12:47 PM

@ kiddo, I can identify with your emotions and your desire to own a gun. But owning a gun definitely does not make the world a safer place. Rapes are also increasing and so are drunk drivers. But if they were made legal, then we would have a catastrophe to deal with, would we not?. Yes these incidents would increase, just like facebook users are increasing. But if facebook was not banned in China, the users would have been another billion more. (I am not against facebook am using an example to answer your question) So yes banning or making something illegal will make something less, not more. That is why we have law and order, to make crimes less. We have Australia and UK to show that after gun control laws, there are no such massacres there as compared to the usa. But yes, I do understand where you are coming from but still less guns out there, the safer our life becomes is something that we will all have to agree.

freedom2012 · Apr 11, 2013 1:26 PM

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