Posted on 04/17/2007 4:38:49 AM PDT by Chairman_December_19th_Society
As we settle into the nighttime of despair, fret not, for the Sun will rise again!!
Good morning!!
We, here, will never forget those who died on September 11, 2001, as we seek to protect the Republic from all who will do her harm!!
Today is the DemoncRAT high holy day.
Regarding Blacksburg, the sequence of events as they appear to be at the moment.
In the morning, an Asian man enters a domitory and starts a conversation with his girl friend. He believed his girl friend has been seeing another man. A quarrel ensued, and a resident advisor was called to sort things out.
Unknown to all, the asian man had entered the dormitory with two 9mm handguns; the Asian man produced a weapon, and shot both the girl and the advisor dead on the spot.
The shooter then calmly crossed the campus to the Burruss Hall classroom complex and entered the building. Conflicting reports exist as to whether the gunman then chained the doors, but they were chained from the inside which police describe as highly unusual.
It was at this point, the gunman, dressed in a maroon hat, leather jacket, black military-style shooting vest, and carrying an "inordinate amount of ammunition" started going classroom to classroom, shooting up each. In some instances, the gunman lined up folks before, essentially, executing them. The gunman would reload his 9mm weapons as he moved from room to room.
There were students who were so terrified they jumped from fourth floor windows. There were other instances where students held doors shut using their feet while butressed against other objects. In the end, some 32 people, both students and professors, were killed and at least 15 wounded before the gunman committed suicide as police closed in.
In the aftermath, calls for "gun control" have arisen anew, notwithstanding the striking down of the Washington, DC, gun control law by the Federal Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Let's not forget in this monumental tragedy, the gunman was not inclined to follow the law anyway.
In the Commonwealth, it is illegal to possess a firearm (police excepted) within 100 yards of a school, including colleges and universities. So what would another statute do? Answer, be ignored. But, again, the Federal courts have ruled such unconstitutional anyway.
It is a tragedy. Please respect and pray for the loved ones of the victims, and for those who are wounded.
For AMERICA - The Right Way, I remain yours in the Cause, the Chairman.
Yes.
Not yet.
No.
ONE last note.
My mom LOVES the Indians. She watches all games & wears her hat/shirt!
I am a Pirates supporter.
I will check in when I take a break later this morning.
I'm reading a good mystery...it's theme is a garden, so I'll be reporting on that later.
MozartLover & poppyseed, thanks for the update on Kay. I'm in awe of your ability to express the unexpressible.
I am off to bed. Prayers for those who need them. Our beloved Freepers are always in my thoughts.
His Prediction: look for scripts next year based on Imus, VT murders (altho that may have to wait...too sensitive), Corzine, and there may be one more..I forget
Night Jemian
I am so sorry to read this...your poor mom.
Thanks for the update, Mozie. It is hard on all of us. I know I wish I could give her some of my life spirit in these trying times. I know that God is with her and Jesus’ loving arms are open wide for her when the time comes.
Did I miss today’s thread? Morning everyone!
You are so right Redleg, so right. It is hard to hear of her passing, but harder still not to know how she is doing.
Yes, it does indeed sound like the final moments are near. Prayers continuing and thanks for the update ping Mozie.
Starting thread in a moment. Meetings were backing up the morning ritual...
Oh that’s right...I forgot.
>>has become addicted to L& O...
It has become soooooo left wing...I refuse to watch it this year.
Before this year - I never missed an episode.
Thank you for the update on Kay, Mozie.
I pray for her release from this unbearable pain she is suffering.
I hope you are feeling better and getting your strength back.
Yes...my husband laughs at that stuff...I don't watch it anymore either.
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