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February 15, 2010

Amy Bishop's Husband's Story Is Changing
— Gabriel Malor

On Sunday he said he didn't know anything about a gun and that she was a "loved teacher":

Mr. Anderson talked to The Chronicle outside his home Sunday morning as he and his four children prepared to leave for church. He said his wife believed that her denial had been caused, at least in part, by a miscommunication over whether two papers had been published in time to count toward her tenure bid. While some colleagues have said that she didn't get along well with other professors, Mr. Anderson called her "very personable" and said she was a "loved teacher." There had been no threats or hints of violence, he said, nor was he aware that his wife even had a gun.

Today, he was singing a different tune:

But in an interview with The Chronicle today, he acknowledged that she had borrowed a gun, though he wasn't sure from whom. "She was very cagey and didn't say," he said.
Mr. Anderson said he had told his wife he didn't want the gun around the house because of their children, who range in age from 8 to 18. "Get rid of it," he recalled telling her. "I didn't want to have it. I didn't feel we needed it."
Ms. Bishop, according to her husband, had borrowed the gun and was considering buying it. Last summer, he said, someone followed her across the campus. "She was worried about crazy students," he said.

Sure, you get jumped by a reporter outside your house on a Sunday morning, you might omit some things...especially things you were feeling guilty about. But it looks so far like Anderson did nothing wrong, so he needs to be forthcoming and in every way helpful as the police and others attempt to figure out what the hell happened with Amy Bishop.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 07:13 PM | Comments (50)
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1 Gabe, good job playing Good Cop.

Posted by: eman at February 15, 2010 07:16 PM (4tixt)

2 Last I saw, the Kossites were still trying to find the 'murder' of that FED/census worker guy.

Based on the pattern we've seen so far, I think Amy Bishop might be their, um, man.

On another note, can southern/western states starting suing the Northeast for letting murders come on down to kill people instead of keeping them in prison?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 15, 2010 07:18 PM (bgcml)

3 On further reflection, maybe Amy always had a thing for guns and was bat shit crazy from the get go.

Posted by: Mr. Anderson at February 15, 2010 11:19 PM (GZitp)

The guns, and, uh, bombs made her do it!!! We need to ban guns, and uh, pipes now! For the children!

Posted by: Some gungrabber at February 15, 2010 07:21 PM (bgcml)

4 Yeah right...I loan my guns to people all the time, not giving a shit what they might need it for.

Posted by: EC at February 15, 2010 07:21 PM (iWj1i)

5 Never bang anybody crazier than you are. It always ends badly.

Posted by: Sekhmet at February 15, 2010 07:26 PM (bKGdf)

6 You have a problem with authority, Mr. Anderson. You believe you are special, that somehow the rules do not apply to you. Obviously, you are mistaken.

Posted by: The Matrix at February 15, 2010 07:28 PM (5I0Yr)

7 Details? Forget it Gabe, it's academia

Posted by: Doc at February 15, 2010 07:29 PM (rzJpR)

8 Standard cover-your-ass PR crap. First deny anything, then ladle out the truth 1/3 at a time over 3 days.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 15, 2010 07:32 PM (9Lm5R)

Mr. Anderson said he had told his wife he didn't want the gun around the house because of their children, who range in age from 8 to 18. "Get rid of it," he recalled telling her.

Come on, she told him she had plenty of experience handling shotguns.

Posted by: andycanuck at February 15, 2010 07:33 PM (2qU2d)

10 We just want to clear this all up and give you a chance to tell us whatever you think will help, Mr. Anderson. Do you mind if we go over again what happened? Do you want some coffee, something to eat?

Posted by: eman at February 15, 2010 07:33 PM (4tixt)

11 as the police and others attempt to figure out what the hell happened with Amy Bishop.

I'm going to go with she's batshit insane.

Posted by: alexthechick at February 15, 2010 07:36 PM (lvYSc)

So you FRACKIN' FREAK!!!! You didn't know anything about it AT ALL?!!! AT ALL?!!! JUST LIKE THE FREAKIN' PIPE BOMB?!!!

Posted by: bad eman at February 15, 2010 07:37 PM (2qU2d)

13 Anderson was dating Amy when she "accidently" killed her brother. He was questioned in the pipe bomb. What if he manipulated crazy Amy to do these things? He did take her to the firing range. You would think that after the situation with the brother Amy with a gun would cause a huge alarm to go off. He's guilty, too!

Posted by: Granny Jan at February 15, 2010 07:40 PM (WZJHV)

14
Here we go again, one more loser who cannot responsibly confront the everyday disappointments we all have to deal with. Their cowardly solution? "I'll get my borrowed gun and shoot someone." "I didn't get my way so I'll destroy some lives, destroy some families forever and scar countless others while I'm at it - all because I'm selfish". "I'll show them".

Certainly no casual reader can ascertain the justice (or possible lack thereof) afforded to Dr. Bishop by her department without knowing the full details of her career. Most certainly, killing the peers that harshly judged her was not a legitimate mechanism for redress. We need to get to the bottom of why she reacted in such an extreme fashion and, since universities keep such extensive and detailed documentation of personnel decisions, I trust that we eventually will.

Another victory for the handgun advocates or a way of creating more teaching positions in Alabama. Some one should have told this woman tenured Profs. are just a "good old boys club". Henry Kissinger wasn't good enough to get tenure at Harvard. And he moved along.

Posted by: sickinmass at February 15, 2010 07:40 PM (Dxfei)

15 * sends bad eman out to cool off, with a wink* I'm sorry, Mr. Anderson. Sometimes my partner gets a little too upset. He didn't mean anything by it. Let me get you a coffee and a real nice cushion I keep at my desk. I really hate the lousy chairs they have in this room.

Posted by: eman at February 15, 2010 07:41 PM (4tixt)

16 Ms. Bishop, according to her husband, had borrowed the gun and was considering buying it. Last summer, he said, someone followed her across the campus. "She was worried about crazy students," he said.

See, I told you that this was self-defense! Who doesn't want to arm themselves and take pre-emptive action when surrounded by the bad crazy people. Especially in that creationist gun nut haven of Alabama.

Posted by: Cahrsel Jhonsno at February 15, 2010 07:44 PM (sYxEE)

Bad news, eman. Some asshole D.A. from New York named Jack McCoy just phoned the local D.A. here and said we have to release her. Something about only Republicans commit crimes. What a freakin' freak.

Posted by: bad eman at February 15, 2010 07:46 PM (2qU2d)

18 Bad news, eman. Some asshole D.A. from New York named Jack McCoy just phoned the local D.A. here and said we have to release her. Something about only Republicans commit crimes. What a freakin' freak.

Is it because she's a lesbian?

Posted by: Serena Sutherlyn at February 15, 2010 07:47 PM (sYxEE)

19
When will all this senseless shooting end? Guns are just too easy to get.

Posted by: Cato the Elder at February 15, 2010 07:48 PM (Dxfei)

20 Sure sounds as if he was in on it. (And who built the bomb that was mailed to the Harvard professor, hmmmm...) Hint to Anderson - I know that you are smarter than us little slugs, so you can outthink and outtalk us, but I rather suspect that you are talking your head right into a noose. Advice: Shut Up. Hire the best criminal defense attorney in Alabama (hint: not your wife's attorney). Did I mention Shut Up?

Posted by: Psycho-what? at February 15, 2010 07:49 PM (Hu/Da)

21 Damn you, NBC. He was about to sing.

Posted by: eman at February 15, 2010 07:50 PM (4tixt)

Amy's got a gun.

Her whole world's come undone.

From looking straight at the sun.

What did her tenure committee do?

What did they put you through.

Amy's got a gun.

Her dog day's just begun.

Now the professors are on the run.

Tell her now it's untrue.

What did those professors do?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 15, 2010 08:03 PM (P33XN)

When will all this senseless shooting end? Guns are just too easy to get.

Good point. Make it much harder to get guns, and there's no way someone with a PhD in BIOLOGY could kill innocent people. All the trailer park chicks on Dateline NBC who kill their husbands figure out how to use arsnic in about 10 minutes, but a Harvard-trained scientist would have no clue. Maybe she'd have used a knife? Nah. It's either guns or peace...

Posted by: joejm65 at February 15, 2010 08:04 PM (vSncj)

24 There's something hinky about the husband.

Posted by: Any seasoned detective at February 15, 2010 08:04 PM (d7Px0)

25 DA: Mr. Anderson, you're a smart man. An educated man. Could you tell me the meaning of the word accessory?

Mr Anderson: She did it! That crazy fucking bitch. She did it all! She even has contacts with Al Qaeda, I swear.

Posted by: Rocks at February 15, 2010 08:05 PM (yguwr)

Amy's not worried. She's in Alabama, and Joe Pesci and Marissa Tomei are on their way...

Posted by: joejm65 at February 15, 2010 08:08 PM (vSncj)

27 arsnic. Heh

Posted by: Bleeding Butts at February 15, 2010 08:08 PM (d7Px0)

Currently on Yahoo News (remove spaces before using):

http:// news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100216/ ap_on_re_us/us_ala_ university_shooting

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Â– The husband of an Alabama professor accused of fatally shooting three colleagues said Monday that the couple went to a shooting range recently, but that he didn't know where she got the gun she used for practice.

Â…Â…

Bishop's husband, James Anderson, said he knew his wife had a gun, but didn't know when or how she got it.

"I really don't know how she got it, or where she got it from," he told The Associated Press in an interview at his home.

Posted by: Arbalest at February 15, 2010 08:12 PM (JnWYr)

29 Sounds like somebody is 'singing' to save their own sorry ass to me.

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BTW - - three posts after the ONT? Isn't that a record?

Posted by: CPT. Charles at February 15, 2010 08:16 PM (lYKj1)

30 Here we go again, one more loser who cannot responsibly confront the everyday disappointments we all have to deal with. Their cowardly solution? "I'll get my borrowed gun and shoot someone." "I didn't get my way so I'll destroy some lives, destroy some families forever and scar countless others while I'm at it - all because I'm selfish". "I'll show them".

That is the way liberals raise their children, and they are forcing their parenting techniques on all of us through courts and schools. Time-outs, classes that don't give grades, can't suspend or expel anyone anymore and they accept any antisocial/psychotic behavior as being eclectic and creative. Does the name Kip Kinkle ring a bell?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at February 15, 2010 08:18 PM (IqfKc)

31 Amy!? Amy!? She shot some else now? Shit.

Posted by: Joey Buttafuoco at February 15, 2010 08:19 PM (yguwr)

32
Seems the initial decision by the tenure committee was correct. This incident should not serve as an indictment against guns or the tenure system, however you might feel about both or either of those things. This woman went nuts. She should be locked up or executed like any other murderer.
An obviously deranged person was able to obtain a firearm.. I suspect the answer must be to arm everyone. How about requiring all university students, faculty and staff to carry a firearm?
That would work.

Posted by: sickinmass at February 15, 2010 08:31 PM (Dxfei)

33 But it looks so far like Anderson did nothing wrong,

I would say this loser did everything wrong.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at February 15, 2010 08:41 PM (A46hP)

34 When will all this senseless shooting end? Guns are just too easy to get.

Posted by: Cato the Elder at February 15, 2010 11:48 PM (Dxfei)

Lazy murderers are the worst kind, aren't they?

Posted by: progressoverpeace at February 15, 2010 08:43 PM (A46hP)

35 "How about requiring all university students, faculty and staff to carry a firearm?"

10% tax break/credit/something for everywhere that has 10% of their employees pass a standard psych battery and own a concealed carry permit.

And start suing the crap out of places that ban weapons and end up being an 'unsafe work environment' for exactly that reason.

Posted by: Al at February 15, 2010 08:43 PM (0lyUI)

36 The husband knew her when she killed her brother. He knew her well, and he dug it.

Posted by: PJ at February 15, 2010 09:32 PM (pizFh)

He took her to the shooting range, where she had in her possession a gun he had never seen before, and he says, "oh well, yeah, she had a gun she borrowed or something".

This woman, who killed her own brother with a shotgun, shows up with a new gun, and the husband is totally cool with it??? Doesn't occur to him to ask, uh, honey, where did you get that gun? He knew better than anybody in the whole state of Alabama that she was the last person who should have a gun in her pocket. Ever. It seems to me that the husband SHOULD have been a little bit afraid of her, given her violent past. But he wasn't. Why not?

Posted by: Boots at February 15, 2010 10:03 PM (06JTY)

38 Really, she's a loved and, uh, respected teacher, and a very good mother, and a...what's that? In jail? What's the bond? So she's gonna be there for a while, right?
Good, cause the bitch is CRAZY!

Posted by: Mr Anderson at February 15, 2010 10:19 PM (xa1/W)

39
I think that the ATF should have a new Reg. and check box for when you buy a firearm. You have to state which political party you vote for and/or belong to. And, if you say Democrat, you get denied.

This would be under the penalty of perjury and the ATF would double check with state primary election records. If you lie or you're subsequently caught voting Democrat you automatically get 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

I'm sorry but Liberal Democrat Moonbats cannot be trusted with dangerous things. They can't control their emotions or their actions - they're all like spoiled 5 year old children. (would you give a loaded gun to a 5 yo kid? of course not.)

And its 'funny' isn't it, but this whacked out Obamabot leftist chose a Gun Free School Zone for her killing spree. That worked out really well for the unarmed DEAD victims, now didn't it.

Posted by: sickinmass at February 15, 2010 10:21 PM (Dxfei)

40 typical gun nut church hoers

Posted by: Noah at February 16, 2010 04:39 AM (mhD2v)

41 I would be interested to see a detailed look at her research, and whether there was any chicanery in her drive to get things published.

Posted by: mikeyboss at February 16, 2010 04:46 AM (YMTtc)

42 Her husband forgot to mention that she secretly liked to watch Fox News, and was a closet Republican, Tea Party member, and supporter of the United States Constitution. People like this are all the same.

Posted by: Joe Biden at February 16, 2010 05:19 AM (r0u40)

43 Which is worse, being a triple murderer, or being a leftist?

I'm having a hard time answering that one.

Posted by: Lee at February 16, 2010 06:15 AM (zF8wD)

He didnt want her to have a gun because, unlike her brother, he preferred better than a 1 in 3 shot for survival. Ron Delahunt needs to answer how someone that fires a shotgun THREE EFFING TIMES gets away with 'accidental' shooting. Too bad he wasnt killed instead for his stupidity.

Posted by: Schwalbe at February 16, 2010 06:21 AM (UU0OF)

45 She was just unloading her pistol the only way she knew how. By shooting someone. Hey it worked the first time.

Posted by: 1sttofight at February 16, 2010 06:51 AM (jGwwE)

46 I kinda think he heard from police about him signing into Visitor Logs at "Joes Rackem-up" or whatever the joint was called. "oh, yeah, that gun...." Here's another quick revision of events from 1986: http://bit.ly/bqTK4n The investigators on day one sound so strong and firm in their assertions. New story next day.

Posted by: SarahW at February 16, 2010 07:58 AM (Z4T49)

47 I'm hard pressed to think of what anything Anderson would get out of his wife murdering the biology department, except 4 hungry children and crop in the field. I suppose he might have the cell culture business all to himself; Unless she had some grandiose plan for escape that included starting a new life somewhere...( Neighbor saw bags being packed into the car before the shooting, but that could have been kids things or anything.) I suppose he's just her willing dupe and protector. Although by all accounts he's a mean guy in his own right.

Posted by: SarahW at February 16, 2010 08:09 AM (Z4T49)

48 I think we'll find that he WAS scared of her - too scared to oppose her or stand in her way, because he knows what happens when people get in her way. The story about the gun is pathetic: he doesn't want a gun in the house because he's scared the kids could get at it. I sympathize, it would frighten me too. But he just TELLS her to get rid of it and then...walks away? He doesn't know what happens next? If he were any kind of a man, and he were really concerned about danger to the children, he'd say, "GIVE ME that gun, and I'll get rid of it." But no, he just lets the whole thing slide, and doesn't take any active role at all in protecting his children - he just passively leaves Amy to do what she likes.

Posted by: Dr Mabuse at February 16, 2010 08:40 AM (AVYqB)

For that matter, what would AMY get out it except some fairly useless revenge?

I wonder if Amy thought if she killed everyone in the department, and invented some intruder tale, they'd have to keep her on staff.

Posted by: SarahW at February 16, 2010 09:46 AM (+5xIX)

50 nice

Posted by: dvd collection at September 23, 2010 01:34 AM (ZbsYY)

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