Eight Years After Columbine[NYT Editorial on VT Shooting]

The New York Times ^ | 04/17/2007 | NYT editorial

[raj bhatia]

Yesterday’s mass shooting at Virginia Tech — the worst in American history — is another horrifying reminder that some of the gravest dangers Americans face come from killers at home armed with guns that are frighteningly easy to obtain.

[raj bhatia]

Surprise, the NYT editorial calls for gun control to tackle loons shooting people. The editorial ends with the liberal punchline:

"What is needed, urgently, is stronger controls over the lethal weapons that cause such wasteful carnage and such unbearable loss. "

Now Dems will call for gun control. Mccain, Hagel, Snowe and Susan collins will find middle ground with the Dems and pass legislation making it harder to get guns. This act is so predictable.

[cardinal4]

This act is so predictable.

My first thought when the story started to break..

[Thunder90]

And you can bet that the Democrats will use the shooting as a scare tactic to sell gun control as a platform in 2008.

[bray]

Right here is the NYT storyline. Columbine revisted. Never mind he is a Chinese student or that he did this with military efficiency. This was a planned attack, period.

Pray for W and Va Tech

[dangus]

>> Yesterday’s mass shooting at Virginia Tech — the worst in American history — is another horrifying reminder that some of the gravest dangers Americans face come from killers at home armed with guns that are frighteningly easy to obtain. <<

Killers at home? Well, people in the US certainly don’t face dangers from killers in Naboobistan. But, in this case, last I heard, they thought it was a Chinese national in here on a student engineering visa.

[TBP]

Right when the gun grabbers needed a shooting.

[BigSkyFreeper]

This act is so predictable.

So is the NY Times.

[Just A Nobody]

a Chinese national in here on a student engineering visa.

Yep! So why is the NYSlimes not calling for a ban on all student visas?

[raj bhatia]

Good point. If we need to grab guns from everybody, we need to ban folks from entering the country lest they get bring guns and kill everybody.

[advertising guy]

there was a day in this country when a 9 yr old paper boy on his bicycle,making his rounds,reacts,runs to his daddy’s house,gets the family pistol and returns. As he is smallish he manages an entry of close quarters and sneakes to an advantageous perch and takes out the shooter.

Today,just imagine the negitive print because the paper boy reacted.

[goodnesswins]

Okay....NY TIMES>......what is the ONE thing which could have prevented this carnage at BOTH Columbine AND VT? 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1........

How about CCW permits? At least for the teachers/profs....

[Hugin]

But, in this case, last I heard, they thought it was a Chinese national in here on a student engineering visa.

Really? All I heard was one bald girl eyewitness who described him a "Asian". That covers a lot of ground besides China, including a few Muslim countries. One things for sure, if his name was Brett Richardson from West Virginia his ID would be all over the media in an hour. The lack of info is very suspicious.

[tcrlaf]

One, JUST ONE (!!!) Legally Armed American could have saved DOZENS of lives today, but Liberals in thier wisdom created a “Gun-Free Zone” on that campus, and led the sheep to thier slaughter....

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again:

Dealing with a Maniacal Gunman:
LIBERAL WAY-

1) Cower in fear, while begging for your life.
2) Notify next-of-kin.

CONSERVATIVE WAY:

BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!
(reload)
BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!

[nathanbedford]

EIGHT YEARS AFTER COLUMBINE (Nathan Bedford editorial)

Yesterdays mass shooting at Virginia Tech is another horrifying reminder that some of the gravest dangers American face come because they are defenseless before armed killers.

Not much is known yet about the victims, so it is premature to draw too many lessons from this tragedy. But it seems a safe bet that in one way or another, this will turn out to be another instance in which a liberal minded legislature and a liberal minded Administration left these victims in a state in which they had trouble arming themselves.

Our hearts in the hearts of all Americans go out to the victims and their families. Sympathy was not enough at the time of Columbine and sympathy is not enough eight years later. What is needed now, urgently needed, is stronger laws permitting such potential victims to arm themselves and avoid such unnecessary carnage and unbearable loss.

[sheik yerbouty]

Maybe the imbecile dhimmirats wouyld intitute visa control..

[neverhillorat]

Well they got their shooting, what are we going to do about it? Seems that a lot of those that post here that think their right to own what ever is the issue and that we should not give up a thing. I agree, but, Bush, just like Clinton , won`t let me run the courts or overturn elections. We have a big problem. MOMMA voter isn`t very happy right now. Her husband isn`t either. If we aren`t careful. gun control could become a major issue in the next election and we know how that can turn out. Hillorat rides to victory on Iraq and VT, oh joy.
So, what are we going to do, remember, there is more of them then us this time.

[raj bhatia]

Never mind if gun control is right or wrong. Its been 12 hrs since the shooting, we do not yet know the guy or his motive, we do not know how the injured are doing, we do not know the names of the folks who fell to this loon’s bullet, almost all the details are sketchy..

But what does the NYT do, exploits this to push a lib political agenda. This is what is sickening.

[JillValentine]

And for the students. This is a college, they’re adults.

[tcrlaf]

Today’s Lesson is that Unarmed Citizens Are Dead Citizens..

Easily victimized by Mass Murderers, criminals, or Liberal Socialists...

[Fido969]

The New York Times loves it that they can post their dribble from the mount - without any rebuttle, or even being forced to include things like facts in it.

Of course fewer and fewer people want to read the cr@p that they are writing, so soon they will only be talking to themselves.