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Virginia Tech Shooting Kills at Least 33
The New York Times ^ | April 16, 2007 | CHRISTINE HAUSER and ANAHAD O’CONNOR

Posted on 04/16/2007 3:13:13 PM PDT by 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

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; crime; guncontrol; gunfreezone; guns; liberalidiocy; whereweretehcops
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To: 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 ?

Aren't your questions a bit stupid and moronic or do you think that your the one that maybe is stupid and moronic with your half assed, drive by Brady bill talking points? I've seen your moronic points and its always on the gun, not the gunman. Away DU'ing flying monkey!

21 posted on 04/16/2007 3:25:35 PM PDT by Bommer (Global Warming: The only warming phenomena that occurs in the Summer and ends in the Winter!)
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To: rebekah7gray
Aren't most guns, involved in gun crimes, legally purchased at one time and subsequently either sold or stolen ?

It doesn't matter. The 2A only applied to single shot flintlocks and these were only for militias.

22 posted on 04/16/2007 3:26:29 PM PDT by umgud
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To: rebekah7gray
BAN THE AUTOMOBILE! It kills more people than guns every month!
23 posted on 04/16/2007 3:26:38 PM PDT by Dallas59 (AL GORE STALKED ME ON 2/25/2007!)
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To: Renegade

My point is, if we can compare the statistics of guns smuggled into this country and used in crimes or otherwise and then compare the statistics of guns legally purchased and subsequently used in crimes or otherwise, we can once and for all say that even if guns are banned, most of the gun crimes or deaths would occur anyway since gun smuggling is the main cause that lead to gun deaths


24 posted on 04/16/2007 3:27:16 PM PDT by rebekah7gray
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To: JillValentine

fyi: schmuckie is licensed to carry a pistol in ny and nyc.
nyc: arguably the hardest gun permit to obtain in the u.s.


25 posted on 04/16/2007 3:27:53 PM PDT by JohnLongIsland
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To: Al Simmons

Fox is reporting on Bren’s show that he was Asian with no ID. Why type of Asian I guess is next question and the million dollar question, why.


26 posted on 04/16/2007 3:28:06 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (America has lost its mind and is on its last days as a free country & Republic.)
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To: rebekah7gray

What’s the gunmans name? Has that come out yet or are we still waiting on the “If it’s anything other race but white, we can’t give the name out” PC police?


27 posted on 04/16/2007 3:28:25 PM PDT by Dallas59 (AL GORE STALKED ME ON 2/25/2007!)
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To: JillValentine

Nice gun.


28 posted on 04/16/2007 3:30:01 PM PDT by pipecorp ( Al Lahsucks (boat steersman ) hell)
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To: rebekah7gray
It depends on the gun. If it's a gang-banger AK47, then it has entered the country illegally (usually from China). Other handguns are stolen from shipments. M-16 and military weapons are completely illegal and usually stolen by unscrupulous military personnel or law enforcement and sold on the black market.

I really hope you understand. Restricting gun ownership accomplishes nothing. Police will not protect you, and your LIFE is a NATURAL RIGHT! I grew up in the 'hood. The criminals there don't care about the law, they just don't. M-16s, AK-47, mean nothing to them. They know a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy with the "hook-up". What do you do about that?

As far as emotions, we're supposed to be adults. We all know it is morally wrong and illegal to kill someone out of anger no matter if you feel that way. It doesn't matter if a gun is used, or a kitchen butcher knife, of a rock, or an iron pot, or a just a human fist or foot. I don't believe the gun makes it "easier".

29 posted on 04/16/2007 3:30:46 PM PDT by Clock King ("How will it end?" - Emperor; "In Fire." - Kosh)
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Lou Dobbs: “How Safe Are Our Schools?”

Answer: Apparently no safer than CNN Center...


30 posted on 04/16/2007 3:30:56 PM PDT by Tall_Texan (Whoever first portrayed the Democrats as braying jackasses was an exceptional judge of character.)
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To: Al Simmons
Reports say he may have been Asian

Interesting if true: the student who slaughtered professors and other students at the University of Iowa 14 years ago was also Asian.

31 posted on 04/16/2007 3:31:24 PM PDT by PLK
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To: rebekah7gray

Do you have a point or are you just a hit-n-run coward?


32 posted on 04/16/2007 3:32:30 PM PDT by abigailsmybaby
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To: rebekah7gray

I want some of what you’re smokin’ !!!


33 posted on 04/16/2007 3:32:31 PM PDT by ßuddaßudd (7 days - 7 ways Guero >>> with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona....)
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To: rebekah7gray
gun smuggling is the main cause that lead to gun deaths

Huh?

Most firearms used in the U.S. are made in the U.S.

Also, "gun death" is a useless term. Is that when your gun is so rusty it doesn't work any more? How about "homicide by a criminal armed with a handgun" or something equally descriptive?

34 posted on 04/16/2007 3:34:27 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: rebekah7gray

35 posted on 04/16/2007 3:34:30 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: pipecorp

Thanks. Wish I’d been at Virginia Tech with it to use on the gunman.


36 posted on 04/16/2007 3:34:35 PM PDT by JillValentine (Being a feminist is all about being a victim. Being an armed woman is all about not being a victim.)
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To: Nextrush

Sir or Madam,

That was the most accurate and most concise crystlization of the matter I believe I have ever seen.

My compliments.


37 posted on 04/16/2007 3:35:16 PM PDT by Westbrook (Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it!)
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To: rebekah7gray
May you stand before God and man as my two precious grandchildren's killer if you pass any more gun legislation that will make me a felon should I own a handgun or any other gun for that matter.

Sincerely,

Mary Carpenter

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7CCB40F421ED4819

http://www.tysknews.com/Depts/2nd_Amend/deaths_in_merced.htm

http://www.grnc.org/mary_carpenter_letter.htm

38 posted on 04/16/2007 3:35:35 PM PDT by Copernicus (A Constitutional Republic revolves around Sovereign Citizens, not citizens around government.)
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To: rebekah7gray

some dead people less dead than other dead people?


39 posted on 04/16/2007 3:35:51 PM PDT by isom35
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To: rebekah7gray

Read the whole article and marvel: it says 33 dead, at least 22 injured and 17 treated; if 33 are dead, how many people died without injuries?


40 posted on 04/16/2007 3:36:13 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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