In August of this year, 69-year-old Mark J. Bird, a sociology professor intentionally shot himself in the arm as- he says- a protest against the president. In so doing, he violated a number of laws and local ordinances such as carrying a concealed weapon without a permit, discharging a firearm in a prohibited location, and possibly endangering students.
The Las Vegas Review Journal reported that Bird had taped a $100 bill to the mirror of the bathroom with a note that read, “for the janitor.” That’s nice, and while it’s good that he did take the time to think about the trouble he was causing the cleanup crew- he did not think of the damage he was doing to the anti-gun rights cause.
Namely, by bringing a gun onto a college campus and using it within deadly range of students and faculty while violating a handful of laws, Bird proved conclusively that gun control laws do not work.
It’s unclear how the sociology teacher believed that shooting himself in the arm would hurt Donald Trump. At present it might be sufficient to say that the man had a clear case of Trump Derangement Syndrome; a satirical condition that appears to be more real and less satirical with each passing news cycle.
The professor joined the college staff in 1993. He was an emeritus member of the faculty according to Richard Lake, a college spokesman. This coming Fall season, Bird was not slated to teach any classes. As yet, the school has not taken any disciplinary action against the professor, and they do not have any plans to.
One student called emergency services when professor Bird was seen stumbling out of the bathroom bleeding and staggering. The professor fell to the floor where he was later collected by emergency medical personnel.
Other students reported hearing what they called a loud noise, though a .22 caliber shot report from inside a well-insulated lavatory would almost certainly not be terribly loud. One employee of the college told police that he had tried to hold Bird’s hand and comfort him while others worked to stop the blood gushing from his wound.
During the interim before the authorities could arrive, Bird told the people surrounding him there on the floor that he had done this to himself in order to protest the Trump administration. The incident took place at 8:15 am and the campus was declared safe at 9:00 am that morning. A campus-wide alert informed students that the gun had been sequestered and was in the control of authorities.
The faculty president Robert Manis said, “They never really told the students much about it except that it was resolved on the actual day of the shooting. When you don’t give the full details, then rumors go crazy. It’s unfortunate because it made the students and faculty very afraid and allowed rumors to proliferate.”
The college president, Federico Zaragoza released a statement that was published in the college newsletter, saying “I appreciate all of the expressions of concern and interest, and I pledge to keep everyone updated should the situation change.” A typical information-free administrative statement.
Further details about Bird’s mental health and his motivations have not been pursued by the press either local or national. But this is clearly another expression of the increasingly violent nature of the anti-Trump movement. The story has not gone beyond local Los Vegas papers and it is highly unlikely to reach national media.
But at this point, the number of violent incidents that have been perpetuated by the left since 2016 are too numerous to count on both hands. There are the many instances of Antifa attacking peaceful attendees of conservative lectures. There are the outrageous calls for direct violence against Trump himself coming from the likes of Kathy Griffin, Madonna, Snoop Dogg, and others. There is the shooting of conservatives, the multiple attacks against Rand Paul. And there’s the growing antipathy against anyone not overtly left-leaning on college campuses.
In each and every instance the mainstream media refuses to report objectively on the violence of the left while simultaneously exaggerating and inventing the violence of the right. The sickness of the anti-Trump left has gone far beyond dangerous. It is a clear and present danger to public safety.
Today’s leftist movement is a bloody-minded ideology, the very coinage of the authoritarian mindset.
~ American Gun News
This person is a professor? What does her profess to be, an idiot? This is why these college kids act the way they do. They are taught to become activists for socialism. I am not saying that all college kids are in this category. Most of the students are there for an education. It is the ones that go to college, but don’t really know what they want to do with their lives. Those are the ones that are attracted to these manic professors.
This shows just what kind of lunatics these liberals are, this clown used a 22 cal he knew what he was doing. If he had any stone he should have used a 45 cal at head level..
Sounds like a victim of higher education.
Very strange BIRD I’d say, like the ones that live in a CLOCK.
OK. Real story is he was fumbling with his illegally-carried handgun in the bathroom and accidentally shot himself. The protest was a lame cover story. As always, the left passes laws that apply to thee not me. Further the liberal college elites are not taking any action against a fellow traveler. Had it been a conservative grad student with a CCW but not legal on campus, they’d have expelled him and pressed charges.
However, the idea here should be passed on to a number of Democrats in congress. How about a mass protest of House and Senate liberals all shooting themselves as a protest. Maybe they could even get David Hogg to participate.
Wouldn’t life be easier it all these mentally unstable “professors” had a self destruct switch. That way fewer young people would be harmed by their insanity.
I hope she did a good job on herself, That is Dumb.
He shot the Bird at Trump. LOL, Pathetic lib.
Activist: “Professor, Bird, the Resist movement is faltering. It needs a shot in the arm!”
Prof. Bird: “Hold my kale smoothie …”
Should be a head shot, if he was real serious
Aw man, the guy missed! He was supposed to put the gun to his HEAD!! If you want to make a statement you gotta shoot yourself in the HEAD!! Well, it’s not too late. Please try it again professor! (And anyone else that wants to make that kind of statement about Trump, I will give you a gun to help you out. I’m just a nice guy.)
“A campus-wide alert informed students that the gun had been sequestered and was in the control of authorities.”
As if any one of intelligence was in fear the gun would act on its own.
““They never really told the students much about it except that it was resolved on the actual day of the shooting. When you don’t give the full details, then rumors go crazy. It’s unfortunate because it made the students and faculty very afraid and allowed rumors to proliferate.””
Purposefully done
1) to promote the anti gun narrative and FEAR of guns instead of criminals who misuse the tool.
2) to avoid showing how dumb anti Trump fanatics are getting. That one actually thought shooting himself would have anything to do with or reflect on the President.
If they had simply told the truth that it was just some nut case who thought violating all the laws the anti gun groups imposed in the name of preventing crime who thought somehow his actions would reflect badly on the president it would have ended right there.
Odds are the anti gun statisticians are already trying to count this as another “mass shooting” at a school.
“This coming Fall season, Bird was not slated to teach any classes. As yet, the school has not taken any disciplinary action against the professor, and they do not have any plans to.”
Yet schools have EXPELLED/suspended students for nothing more than how PASTRIES they were eating looked after they ate the corner off claiming it was in “violation of their weapons policy” simply because some overly paranoid person felt TERRIFIED by the SHAPE. (usually some anti gun faculty member)
They have even had the AUTHORITIES try and take the guns from some students parents simply because the student reported the crimes of some “BULLY” the school did not want to punish and they were terrified the VICTIM or their parent might be forced to defend themselves at home from said “BULLY” when they retaliated for being reported.
this guy was one of the smart ones….lol. boy he sure showed president trump.
he shot his self in the arm , if he really wanted to make a stupid statement , he could have put that bullet some where better and made a real statement !!! ” WHAT A FRUIT CAKE “
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TOO BAD HE MISSED HIS HEAD..IT WOULD HAVE MEANT ONE LESS LIB ON THE PLANET…..
He could have made this gesture more symbolic with the use of a 12ga and bird shot! Stupid man.
Thank God he didn’t shoot up the school and kill alot of students.
great only if all libturds follow suit and also improve their aim for between the eyes and kill off several thousands of libturds I am all for this