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Shots fired at Virginia Tech (AP: 33 dead, 15 wounded)
http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php?relyear=2007&itemno=248 ^

Posted on 04/16/2007 7:14:16 AM PDT by LexHoskin

Gunman on Campus; Stay inside your building, away from windows; Shooting incident at West Ambler Johnston Hall

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TOPICS: Breaking News; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; rkba; secondamendment; selfdefense; vatech; virginiatech
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To: oceanview
"that is a very common asian name."

...in korea... ;)

2,521 posted on 04/16/2007 3:18:37 PM PDT by nocarrier
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To: outofstyle
My reply was to the other poster that posted to you. His reply was an emotional response. You had said, "I have a daughter starting college next year and I am not sure how I would come down on this." One must be 21 to possess a handgun and to have a CCW license. I support the right of all to exercise that right and do not support those that would forbid it in certain places, such as school grounds, because that simply denies their right and opens them up to attack by the scumbags that will take advantage of that situation.

I hope your daughter stays safe and has the ability to make her own decisions regarding self defense, unencumbered by bigots that would deny her right to do so, with unwarranted and unjustified claims, such as, that she was irresponsible, incapable of handling the situation, paranoid, or otherwise some form of bloodthirsty person, ect...

" I said well armed and well trained."

Doesn't matter. I've been with well armed and well trained cops that have testified before the legislature to protect and defend the rights of citizens to defend themselves. The fundamental point to be made is that they can not be everywhere at once, and most likely will not get there in time to do anything other than to count bodies, assess the damage and to otherwise investigate.

2,522 posted on 04/16/2007 3:18:43 PM PDT by spunkets ("Freedom is about authority", Rudy Giuliani, gun grabber)
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To: DCBryan1
Leni,

When it comes to mass murder of innocents, always bet on "Mohammad", and you will probably win more than 50% of the time.

...better odds than Vegas.

The student charged in the June 2006 planting of a bomb in an off-campus apartment complex was not named Mohammed/Muhammed.

Muhammed was his roommate.

2,523 posted on 04/16/2007 3:19:04 PM PDT by archy (Et Thybrim multo spumantem sanguine cerno. [from Virgil's *Aeneid*.])
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To: Fishtalk

RA is Resident Assistant or Resident Advisor - college dorms have them, they’re usually upperclassmen, the “go to” person for students living in the dorm. At least that’s what they were when I was a student at Penn State. They kept the “rules” or policy of the dorm (no underage drinking parties, etc., enforced the study or quiet hours, etc.).


2,524 posted on 04/16/2007 3:19:15 PM PDT by Twink
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To: NewLand

Multiple first hand reports that the shooter was Asian. In general usage (college age kids) Asian is Chinese-Korean-Vietnamese, NOT Lebanese or Iranian even though these places are in Asia.

I think it was an Asian kid, based on these first hand accounts, and so suspect SJS is not the cause.


2,525 posted on 04/16/2007 3:19:45 PM PDT by Jack Black
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To: Fishtalk

RA = Resident Assistant—An older student who gets at least room (maybe board?) to sort of be the manager of the dorm. A thankless job by all accounts.
susie


2,526 posted on 04/16/2007 3:19:47 PM PDT by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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To: mware

Thud!


2,528 posted on 04/16/2007 3:19:57 PM PDT by Inspectorette
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To: AliVeritas
Who just saw the guy in the green shirt on Gibson re: coming towards the building, shots, two guys ran out (one wounded), whisked into SUVs? (I know how it sounds)

It sounded like the green shirt student was saying he saw the injured student tossed into the SUV, which left the area quickly, no doubt to an ambulance or a hospital.

2,529 posted on 04/16/2007 3:20:03 PM PDT by relee ('Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away)
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To: freeperfromnj

What about the Utah Mall shooter? Did we find out about him?


2,530 posted on 04/16/2007 3:20:10 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Join Terri's Legacy List Contact: 8mmmauser)
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To: Fishtalk
keep reading and cannot figure out what an “RA” is. Yes I feel dumb but I’ll take the heat....can anybody clarify?

Resident Assistant. Usually each floor in a dorm has an RA who is the person in charge of keeping order, etc.
2,531 posted on 04/16/2007 3:20:16 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: BurbankKarl
>LA Times Blog... "Violent video games . . . create violent reflexes in people, i.e. shooting people comes natural. shoot first, think ?, never." -- Andrew

A TV guru
said we have to watch out for
people who always

study and study
their Soldier Of Fortune mags . . .
You know, warning signs . . .

2,532 posted on 04/16/2007 3:20:18 PM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: BronzePencil

Jumaat ul Fuqra

Left Sidebar, Virginia

http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com


2,533 posted on 04/16/2007 3:20:34 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Pray for Tony Snow, Liz Edwards, cancer patients, their families and support.)
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To: BronzePencil

Kid blew him self up on a bench outside an Oklahoma Football game. Had a suicide vest on and was known to be associated with jihadist in Oklahoma City. Large thread on FR at the time.

FBI investigated and declare, not2worry, the kid was just a disturbed loner.


2,534 posted on 04/16/2007 3:20:40 PM PDT by not2worry ( What goes around comes around!)
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To: dawn53

When I was in college, an R/A was a graduate student who looked over the floor of a dorm, in exchange for pay or rent.


2,535 posted on 04/16/2007 3:20:49 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: Fishtalk

residence assistant


2,536 posted on 04/16/2007 3:20:59 PM PDT by kalee (The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we write in marble. JHuett)
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To: Julliardsux

I was pretty obvious.

Some people are just willfully dense.


2,537 posted on 04/16/2007 3:21:02 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
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To: ArmstedFragg
You are right. If the campus is anything like it was in the 70’s when I attended, he could have driven up behind Norris and parked close by. The only way he would have been noticed was if he displayed the guns as he walked around.

Unless Norris under went major renovation, I remember it from classes as old, very plain and the corridors relatively long narrow with not as much egress as you would find in the newer buildings. I think the shooter planned this out and knew that an old building like Norris would give him an upper hand.

When I first heard Norris Hall mentioned, I wondered if he did not open fire in the auditorium; what we fondly called “the cliffs of Norris.” It was narrow and one of the steepest auditoriums I can remember being in. With the limited aisle space and steepness, getting out quickly or hiding would have been impossible.

Look this idea of a lock down is good in theory, but VT is kind of spread out and most students do not live on campus. People are coming and going every minute. You can enter it from so many points and there are not fences and guard shacks at the entrances. The campus comes right up to the edge of town. There is a sense of openness and that’s what makes it a nice campus. Yes, you can cancel classes and send out the word on the Internet, radio and whatever but actually locking things down? It might take hours unless there was some kind of audible alert system in place. It’s easy to second guess the police now.

I think mistakes were probably made, but let’s all give the Campus Police a break and wait for the facts. They’ll own up to their mistakes, I feel confident of that.

Right now, let’s concentrate on praying for all that have been touched by this.

2,538 posted on 04/16/2007 3:22:00 PM PDT by chickenlips (a sad sad day in Blacksburg...sigh)
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To: DCBryan1
People like Squidboy and Screaming Fist will be praying to God for armed, law abiding citizens to be close to their loved ones when the REAL nutcases start the shooting.

Right. ScreamingFist is a NRA Benefactor member and two issue voter, RKBA and Freedom of speech....and a poster of DCB's age knows that well, so knock off the BS....

2,539 posted on 04/16/2007 3:22:18 PM PDT by ScreamingFist (Annihilation - The result of underestimating your enemies. NRA)
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To: ScreamingFist
"Why for, because he disagreed.....? Sheesh. Frankly I don't trust university kids today with a dozen eggs, let alone a 9mm with a dozen in the clip and one in the pipe.....ban me next I guess..."

I was waiting for a response from the poster as I was happy to engage his anti-gun, anti-constitution views. I was simply stating a fact, using his own words to describe himself and absolving myself from any blame of him being banned or suspended. If you need an answer to your "Why for?" question, please address it to the mods that be.

FReegards,
DocRock
2,540 posted on 04/16/2007 3:22:48 PM PDT by DocRock (What would Solomon Do?)
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