Well, you are wrong. It may not be a national tragedy, but it is definatly a tradegy for the Commonwealth of Virginia. VT is a huge school, and it is hard not to know somebody who went to VT or goes to VT. I graduated in 2000 and everytime I see those pictures of campus it just tears me up. All I can think about is how one legally armed student or proffessor could have saved many lives. Virginia Tech is a great school but after the incident in August and now this I think people will be very hesitant to go there or go back.
That's what I've been thinking.
School personnel in all schools must be allowed to carry, otherwise another Beslan, or now VT, is inevitable.
My other concern is with a perp wearing a bullet proof vest. Someone wearing a bullet-proof vest will be difficult to stop.
It is a tragedy for people who know victims, or know victim’s families. Not for “Virginia”, Virginia is just the state in which the shooting occured. It no more effects “Virginia” than any other state, except that more of the victims are going to have family in our state and they of course are impacted.