I'm Puzzled

This Alabama professor who allegedly shot three of her colleagues to death Friday night apparently went to a shooting range with her husband recently.

That, in itself, really isn't strange.

What's odd is that the husband is quoted as saying he didn't know where the gun came from that she used at the range, nor why she suddenly had an interest in going to the range at all.

Here's the way the Associated Press story sums it up, "Bishop's husband said nothing unusual happened on their trip to the shooting range, and that she didn't reveal why she took an interest in target practice. Nothing in her behavior before the shooting foreshadowed the violence last week, either, he said."

Let's rewind and read a part of that again, shall we? "Nothing in her behavior before the shooting foreshadowed the violence last week, either, he said."

Nothing at all? Really. What about the behavior of acquiring a deadly weapon?

Call me weird but if I was married to someone who, at age 19, shot and killed her brother and she suddenly came home with a pistol and, out of the blue, wanted to go to the shooting range, I think I would at least ask, "Gee honey, where did you get the gun and why?" Or maybe even, "Who are you angry at, sweetheart?"

And I think I might worry. Just a tad.

Foreshadowing of violence is not always labeled. But, in this case, suddenly showing up with a handgun and wanting to go to the range, it is pretty darn clear. I'm not saying the husband could have done anything at all but maybe, just maybe, if he had paid a little better attention, perhaps asked a few questions to determine her state of mind?

Nah. That's asking too much. It's easier to say nothing tipped him off.

And I sure would like to know where the gun came from and how she got it.