Israeli professor killed in US attack

The Jerusalem Post ^ | April 17, 2007 | JPOST.COM STAFF AND AP

[IsraelBeach]

I will say one thing in favor of more guns rather than less.
In Israel we have tons of people walking around with weapons. As a result we have less crime and violence than many other nations.
But then again, most of us here in Israel are trained to use these weapons in combat, we know what to do and how to do it, as opposed to the many other civilians in other nations.

But I still stand firm that police and military take control with no confusion in taking others by accident as shooters.

The US needs more awareness, better trained police and less guns. The UK could be used as an example of that.

[MeanWestTexan]

If Professor L had a concealed carry permit (and could take his weapon into a “gun-free zone”), the body count would have been three: the two original victims, and the shooter.

[fso301]

Well, there was at least one hero. Had there been a few more that rushed the shooter, threw keys, phones, etc, the death toll would have been far less.

[RightWhale]

Students jumped from windows in panic.

A man with a pistol can be overwhelmed quickly if everybody jumps him.

[justiceseeker93]

From your Israeli perpective, and knowing what partial details of the Virginia Tech incident you know, do you suspect that the incident was planned by Islamic radicals, or do you think it was a random act of violence without any political or sectarian motive? Could the Israeli professor have been specifically targeted?

[IsraelBeach]

It appears that this was a random, mad act of violence without any political or sectarian motive.

But Islamic terrorists have again learned that the US is w i d e open for a shooting party and or bombing party.

If this does not serve as a "wake up call" for public and private institutions to increase security, install metal detectors, create large digital weather / info / warning signs on highways we can expect much more blood in the future by professional terrorists.

As I had worked in the World Trade Center for many years, I knew it made the best target for a terrorist attack. There was no security there whatsoever (except PA police who have another agenda).

I was in the Twin Towers two weeks before 9/11 and observed what a joke ground security was.

We need to reduce violence on TV and rid ourselves of bloody video games. Children learn that violence is a norm, they even learn how to shoot as this 23-year-old South Korean at VT did.

Violence on TV, video games with no borders and an "open society" = easy killings in the future.
I would rather live in a fortress with my children being safe than the so-called "open society" of the US.
I feel safe in Israel - not in the US.
The US has had its second Pearl Harbor and still remains asleep :

[xJones]

Professor Liviu Librescu threw himself in front of the shooter, who had attempted to enter his classroom. The Israeli mechanics and engineering lecturer was shot to death, "but all the students lived - because of him," Virginia Tech student Asael Arad - also an Israeli - told Army Radio.

A holocaust survivor - he died in the most noble way - he gave his life for others.

[pointsal]

Are there any "hero" stories among the student response to this crisis?

[xJones]

The days of the "Wild West" are over in the US.

Obviously, you have never been to Texas.