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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: RKBA Democrat

Thank you


41 posted on 04/16/2007 3:36:23 PM PDT by rebekah7gray
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To: rebekah7gray
Welcome, member #272347...

You sure use a lot of semantically loaded words...

...just sayin'...

42 posted on 04/16/2007 3:37:03 PM PDT by backhoe (-30-)
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To: Voltage

I would think so too.


43 posted on 04/16/2007 3:37:26 PM PDT by JWinNC (www.anailinhisplace.net)
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To: JillValentine

He’d have shat himself looking down that barrel. And yes, everyone should ccw , it up to us to defend ourselves, not depend on the police after theshooting is done.


44 posted on 04/16/2007 3:38:44 PM PDT by pipecorp ( Al Lahsucks (boat steersman ) hell)
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To: RKBA Democrat; doug from upland
“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.”

Don't suppose they all "feel" very safe on campus any more.

Feelings, so many dead for feelings.

So I'm not Doug From Upland.

45 posted on 04/16/2007 3:39:19 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: rebekah7gray

AND if you are handy enough you can make your own gun from scratch as in zip guns made from car antennas in the 50’s or a shotgun made from a steering wheel “club” as seen on CSI!


46 posted on 04/16/2007 3:39:43 PM PDT by Renegade
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To: rebekah7gray

The worst crime here is the prohibition against self defense at VT.

The administrators have committed manslaughter.


47 posted on 04/16/2007 3:40:33 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Turning the general election into a second Democrat primary is not a winning strategy.)
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To: rebekah7gray

Zot bait.


48 posted on 04/16/2007 3:40:46 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Can’t the liberals start their own countries somewhere, and then surrender?)
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To: Dallas59

Well, he was carrying no ID.

The lack of ‘a white male’ in the NYSlimes copy (or any other news reports) suggests that he wasn’t white (although he may have been caucasian, since Arabs and South Asians are caucasians)—either that, or the VA police actually know how to prevent leaks.

At this point, I incline to the former possibility, since there are brief quotations from survivors who saw him up on various media outlets, and the published bits don’t contain any ethnic information either.


49 posted on 04/16/2007 3:42:32 PM PDT by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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To: rebekah7gray
You must think we are all really stupid to take that bait.

Since it is obvious on the face of it that it is impossible that more guns could be smuggled in than are manufactured here, given the number of and the size of our various manufacturers who either manufacture them here or have them manufactured under their name in some other country, the statistics would “prove” to the Brady bunch that guns manufactured here are involved in the most crime.

Which proves nothing.

If we can demonstrate that more people die from imported drugs, should we ban imported drugs in the belief that will lower the death rate?

We have. And to what effect? None. They are still imported, still made in the US and people still die from it. It matters not where the gun comes from. What matters is where the person comes from, both figuratively and literally.

50 posted on 04/16/2007 3:42:37 PM PDT by woodbutcher
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To: rebekah7gray

Aren’t most autos used in drive by shootings and bank robberies legally purchased and then stolen?


51 posted on 04/16/2007 3:48:52 PM PDT by Hazcat (Live to party, work to afford it.)
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To: rebekah7gray; george76

Please comment on post #35. Why do you attempt to divert attn from the reality of the matter, which is criminal actions, to the tools used to defend against those criminal acitons? Do you think the woman in the pic should pray instead?


52 posted on 04/16/2007 3:49:32 PM PDT by spunkets ("Freedom is about authority", Rudy Giuliani, gun grabber)
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To: rebekah7gray

Port Arthur AU.

Gunman kills 35, wounds 18.

This in a country noted for gun control.

Waiting for the fallout here - in an election year will be painfull.


53 posted on 04/16/2007 3:52:59 PM PDT by ASOC (Yeah, well, maybe - but can you *prove* it?)
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To: rebekah7gray

You’ve registered to the wrong place if you’re a member of the brady bunch. This is a conservative forum that supports the second amendment right to own a firearm, something your posting history suggests you do not.


54 posted on 04/16/2007 3:54:14 PM PDT by NapkinUser (Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are nappy-headed race warlords.)
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To: rebekah7gray

This is really dreadful. It reminds me of Charles Whitman’s little bell tower rampage on UT back in 1966.


55 posted on 04/16/2007 3:54:20 PM PDT by stm (Believe 1% of what you hear in the drive-by media and take half of that with a grain of salt)
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To: backhoe

Thanks for the welcome


56 posted on 04/16/2007 3:56:49 PM PDT by rebekah7gray
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To: RetiredArmy
Asian could mean "Indonesian" too - and that would mean "Religion of Peace".

Let's keep an eye on this as the MSM usually tries to conveniently not report if a perp was a muzzie (there is no WOT, just a 'police action', move on, nothing to see here...)

57 posted on 04/16/2007 3:57:51 PM PDT by Al Simmons (Tag line replaced - earlier tagline was unrelated to this thread. No offense intended.)
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To: NapkinUser

I am looking for answers like everybody else.

I think Congress should conduct several unbiased studies on guns and ,once and for all, either support the NRA and pass laws to make sure that everybody carries guns or support the gun control lobby and pass laws restricting the availability of guns or do some of both


58 posted on 04/16/2007 4:02:21 PM PDT by rebekah7gray
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To: Lurker

LOL! Hammer, nail.


59 posted on 04/16/2007 4:02:29 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: rebekah7gray

Once Israel armed their teachers, attacks on schools stopped.

Immediately.


60 posted on 04/16/2007 4:06:18 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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