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VA Tech official praised defeat of student self-defense proposal in 2006
One News Now ^ | 04.16.07 | Jeff Johnson

Posted on 04/16/2007 1:20:58 PM PDT by Coleus

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To: Bitsy

make that uncomfortable.


21 posted on 04/16/2007 1:36:54 PM PDT by tobyhill (only wimps believe in retreat in defeat)
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To: Coleus; Red Badger
Lawsuits are gonna be flying...........

Lawsuits are the least of their problems:

Title 18 United States Code, U.S. Criminal Code
PART I, CHAPTER 13, SECTION 242
Deprivation of rights under color of law

Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both;

and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.


22 posted on 04/16/2007 1:37:19 PM PDT by archy (Et Thybrim multo spumantem sanguine cerno. [from Virgil's *Aeneid*.])
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To: archy

Dunno if this applies to VT Admin or VA legislators, but it certainly will bolster any lawsuit..............


23 posted on 04/16/2007 1:40:15 PM PDT by Red Badger (If it's consensus, it's not science. If it's science, there's no need for consensus......)
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To: Coleus

“Contact Larry Hincker at hincker@vt.edu or (540) 231-5396”
www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php?relyear=2006&itemno=434 - 20k -


24 posted on 04/16/2007 1:41:19 PM PDT by InkStone
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To: YOUGOTIT

Not to sound flippant...

...but, “Thank Gawd he wasn’t a Mexican”


25 posted on 04/16/2007 1:43:15 PM PDT by baclava
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To: freespirited
Thirty-one people died in Blacksburg, VA today. The cause of death was liberalism.

Wrong! Their cause of death was a freak who thought it was a good idea to start executing people. Gun control, or the lack thereof, had absolutely nothing to do with the situation.

Conservatives have no more business hijacking a tragedy of this sort than the gun-control advocates do trying to further crack down on guns. It's crass opportunism at its worst.

26 posted on 04/16/2007 1:43:58 PM PDT by jude24 (Seen in Beijing: "Shangri-La is in you mind, but your Buffalo is not.")
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To: American Quilter

If THAT happens....EVERY school district will be having the same suit.....I always felt like a “sitting duck” at the school where I volunteered.


27 posted on 04/16/2007 1:47:49 PM PDT by goodnesswins (We need to cure Academentia)
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To: Coleus
Sorry, forgot to add this:

After the proposal died in the state's House Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety, The Roanoke Times quoted VA Tech spokesman Larry Hincker as celebrating the defeat of the bill. "I'm sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly's actions," Hincker said on Jan. 31, 2006, "because this will help parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus."

Contact Larry Hincker at hincker@vt.edu or (540) 231-5396. ... www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php?relyear=2006&itemno=434 - 20k -

28 posted on 04/16/2007 1:49:09 PM PDT by InkStone
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To: Coleus
"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."

I first read that four hours ago. Since then I have been clicking refresh over and over like in those S. King movies.

Hinkler really should be held to account for those words. Not just embarrassed as the embodiment of the irony, that's not enough.

Pounds of flesh must be taken. He should be urged to find swift redemption..


29 posted on 04/16/2007 1:49:10 PM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: Coleus
A Virginia Tech official in 2006 praised the defeat of a proposal to allow students with state-issued concealed handgun permits to carry their handguns on college campuses in Virginia

Let's give him a chance to honorably fall on his sword (yeah right) first.

30 posted on 04/16/2007 1:52:33 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (Killing all of your enemies without mercy is the only sure way of sleeping soundly at night.)
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To: jude24
Wrong! Their cause of death was a freak who thought it was a good idea to start executing people. Gun control, or the lack thereof, had absolutely nothing to do with the situation. Conservatives have no more business hijacking a tragedy of this sort than the gun-control advocates do trying to further crack down on guns. It's crass opportunism at its worst.

Sorry, asshat, but you are the one who is wrong. This is liberalism at it's finest and anyone who thinks otherwise is actually a liberal themselves whether they realize it or not. IF they had passed the CCW law and allowed students who have permits to carry on campus with their firearms it is highly likely this event wouldn't have occured, and if it had there is every chance in the world that some student would have shot the SOB after, or before, he killed many people. They left these people unarmed, liberals did that, and this is the consequence. Yes, the shooter is to blame for carrying out his act, but liberals are to blame that he had the chance to carry it out without opposition.

Go over to DU because it is clear you are no conservative.

31 posted on 04/16/2007 1:54:16 PM PDT by calex59
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To: I see my hands

VA Tech spokesman Larry Hincker celebrating the defeat of the bill..Larry there may be some INCOMING!


32 posted on 04/16/2007 1:55:55 PM PDT by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
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To: Coleus

When it happens, and happen it will, what will Virginia Tech say about an al Qaeda hostage taking siilar to Beslan?

“Sure glad there wern’t any guns on campus, we could have lost more than the 321 if there had been resistance.”


33 posted on 04/16/2007 1:59:52 PM PDT by HardStarboard (The Democrats are more afraid of American Victory than Defeat!)
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To: Coleus

When it happens, and happen it will, what will Virginia Tech say about an al Qaeda hostage taking siilar to Beslan?

“Sure glad there wern’t any guns on campus, we could have lost more than the 321 if there had been resistance.”


34 posted on 04/16/2007 1:59:54 PM PDT by HardStarboard (The Democrats are more afraid of American Victory than Defeat!)
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To: Coleus

Excellent thread, and I hope our leadership speaks about this when confronted with more gun control idiots.

It’s a shame these kids died, and it’s a bigger shame that they could defend themselves.


35 posted on 04/16/2007 1:59:56 PM PDT by Rick_Michael (Fred Thompson)
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To: HardStarboard

Sorry for the multi posts!


36 posted on 04/16/2007 2:01:01 PM PDT by HardStarboard (The Democrats are more afraid of American Victory than Defeat!)
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To: Rick_Michael; Coleus

‘Couldn’t’ defend themselves.


37 posted on 04/16/2007 2:02:42 PM PDT by Rick_Michael (Fred Thompson)
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To: Southack
and so yet another liberal gets people killed, but they "felt safe" up until that point.

And the only one who was actually made safe was the killer himself.

38 posted on 04/16/2007 2:03:46 PM PDT by Dave Olson
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To: Coleus
Oleg Volk, over at thehighroad.org posted these today:


39 posted on 04/16/2007 2:03:54 PM PDT by Malone LaVeigh
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To: American Quilter

Apparently, the gentleman of Asian decent that allegedly committed this heinous act of lethal violence was not aware of VA Tech’s rules regarding weapons on campus. Otherwise, he surely would not have brought guns on to the campus.

I agree. There were likely several students that would have had an opportunity to stop this guy had they been legally armed.


40 posted on 04/16/2007 2:04:17 PM PDT by Tenacious 1 (No to nitwit jesters with a predisposition of self importance and unqualified political opinions!)
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