Virginia Tech Shooting Kills at Least 33

The New York Times ^ | April 16, 2007 | CHRISTINE HAUSER and ANAHAD O’CONNOR

[rebekah7gray]

At least 33 people were killed today on the campus of Virginia Tech in what appears to be the deadliest shooting rampage in American history, according to federal law-enforcement officials. Many of the victims were students shot in a dorm and a classroom building

[rebekah7gray]

Aren't most guns, involved in gun crimes, legally purchased at one time and subsequently either sold or stolen ?

or do you think most of the gun crimes are from guns smuggled into this country ?

[Renegade]

So, what’s your REAL point?

[BenLurkin]

What is a “gun crime”?

[Puppage]

Aren't most guns, involved in gun crimes, legally purchased at one time and subsequently either sold or stolen ? or do you think most of the gun crimes are from guns smuggled into this country ?

What conclusion are you looking for? Smuggled into the US? You have got to be kidding me.

[Voltage]

Doesn't Virginia Tech have a special responsibility to protect their students since they prohibit self defense?

I would think so.

[Lurker]

Do you carry your lunch or walk to work?

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[RKBA Democrat]

Welcome to FR.

Rebekah7gray: since 3-19-2007.

[Tall_Texan]

We should pull out of Virginia now! It’s a quagmire. Americans are needlessly dying. I blame Bush. < /sarc>

[goldstategop]

Liberal sheeple get slaughtered. And their reaction is to make it easier for more of their kind to be slaughtered. Democrat late term abortion.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[pipecorp]

Rosie?

[Puppage]

Doesn't Virginia Tech have a special responsibility to protect their students since they prohibit self defense?

You can bet the victims families will let a court decide that one at one of the lawsuit trials.

[RetiredArmy]

How long before Sarah Brady comes out with her mouth? How long before the usual Marxist’s theme that WE NEED TO TAKE AWAY ALL GUNS!! These fools cannot keep 21 illegals out of the country, have never stopped the flow of illegal drugs into the country, and they think they can stop all guns from being in the country????? Nope, only law abiding citizens will not have guns. Criminals will continue to have them.

[JillValentine]

Don’t take he/she/it seriously. It looks like a troll. Look at its posting history.

[JillValentine]

It’s gotta be Rosie, Sarah Brady, or Chuck Schumer.

[Zon]

Aren't most guns, involved in gun crimes, legally purchased manufactured at one time and subsequently either sold or stolen ?

What's your point?

[Xenalyte]

Aren't most guns, involved in gun crimes, legally purchased at one time and subsequently either sold or stolen?

Point of order. "Most guns" are not "involved in gun crimes." Lose the commas and you'll have an answerable question instead of a tendentious pseudo-argument.

[RKBA Democrat]

“Doesn’t Virginia Tech have a special responsibility to protect their students since they prohibit self defense?”

No, it’s worse than than that. Va. Tech actually disciplined a student about 2 years ago for lawfully carrying a concealed handgun. In response, Virginia Citizen’s Defense League lobbied for a bill to allow students (with CHPs) to carry on campus. The bill failed in committee.

To quote Va. Tech when that bill failed:

“Virginia Tech spokesman Larry Hincker was happy to hear the bill was
defeated. “I’m sure the university community is appreciative of the
General Assembly’s actions because this will help parents, students,
faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus.”

Source: http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/wb/xp-50658

[Nextrush]

If this was a “gun crime” what kind of a crime is committed by a man who rapes a woman or women?

“Penis crime.”

Sick analogy but the problem isn’t what the person uses, its what the person does.

Crimes are committed by criminals and people who commit crimes remain the problem.

Its so easy to look somewhere else because a “people problem” implies a “moral problem.”

Then we have to talk about things like “religion” and “morality.”

Oops, how politically incorrect.

[Al Simmons]

Initial reports are that the gunman only had a couple of .9 mil handguns. If so, he knew what he was doing, given the enormity of the death toll. Apparently most were shot execution style in a locked class hall. Reports say he may have been Asian. Waiting for further details.

A horrible tragedy. Prayers for the survivors, victims, and their families. God have Mercy on them and give them comfort and strength through the horror they are going through.

[Keith in Iowa]

Guns kill people like flatware makes RosieO fat.