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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

(Excerpt) Read more at vtnews.vt.edu ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; rkba; secondamendment; selfdefense; vatech; virginiatech
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To: twntaipan

Sounds like the perp, whomever it is/was/, is/was fairly proficient with weapon.


Not necessarily; with a condensed unarmed population, it would be more of a turkey shoot than skilled attack.


801 posted on 04/16/2007 10:09:45 AM PDT by kenth (I got tired of my last tagline...)
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To: milford421; spunkets
“Doesn’t look like a jihadi.”

Because he’s not middle eastern? Johnny Walker L. didn’t look jihadi either. Could be Malaysian, not sure.

Well, I guess the opening of Jose Padilla's terrorism trial is no longer the lead story today.

802 posted on 04/16/2007 10:09:54 AM PDT by archy (Et Thybrim multo spumantem sanguine cerno. [from Virgil's *Aeneid*.])
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To: mvpel

All the worst mass murders happen in gun free zones - all the school shootings that were stopped quickly were in areas that allowed the armed citizen to intervene.


803 posted on 04/16/2007 10:09:57 AM PDT by spanalot
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To: MadelineZapeezda

I live about a mile from one of those schools (in NJ), and I was thinking the same thing. BTW, the plans for this elementary school were found in a cave in Afghanistan AND in the office of one of Saddam’s henchmen. So much for there being no connection between Saddam and al-Qaida.


804 posted on 04/16/2007 10:10:14 AM PDT by mkmensinger
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To: All

If he was looking for his girlfriend - he probably wasn’t a student - because he didn’t KNOW where to find her - wonder if he ever did find her...


805 posted on 04/16/2007 10:10:14 AM PDT by mommya
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To: Beckwith
No conflict -- there are millions of Christian Koreans -- Rev. Sun Myung Moon being just one.

Moon is the leader of the "Moonies." Moonies are a cult! There's nothing Christian about them!

806 posted on 04/16/2007 10:10:32 AM PDT by Perseverando
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To: mommya

“How come he has so much ammo if he just wanted his gilfriend?”

That’s what I wonder...why shoot up an entire classroom if the vendetta was against the girlfriend? Why not the dorm where the girl’s friends may have been?

Doesn’t make sense to me, and I don’t believe the girlfriend angle.


807 posted on 04/16/2007 10:10:38 AM PDT by milford421 (U.N. OUT OF U.S.)
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To: milford421

I also apologize if my remarks on the President of the College being injured/killed weren’t accurate. It’s just what I heard on MSNBC earlier; perhaps he wasn’t targeted.


808 posted on 04/16/2007 10:10:47 AM PDT by jdm
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To: AppyPappy
when the shooting in Norris started a prof toldd his students to jump out the 2nd storey window.

Good advice. While lockdowns are necessary, the best advice is to get the heck out there. Those students are probably still alive.

809 posted on 04/16/2007 10:10:54 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: AppyPappy

Please stay safe. I will pray for you and all others caught in this horror.


810 posted on 04/16/2007 10:11:00 AM PDT by lastchance
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To: All
UPDATE FROM ABC: At Least 25 People Have Been Killed in Shootings On Virginia Tech University Campus. The Number of Fatalities Are Expected To Rise.
811 posted on 04/16/2007 10:11:02 AM PDT by areafiftyone
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To: All

MSNBC is reporting that the gunman killed himself and that the gunman was carrying two nine-millimeter handguns. ATF is attempting to trace.


812 posted on 04/16/2007 10:11:08 AM PDT by Smogger (It's the WOT Stupid)
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To: tcrlaf
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.”

Well apparently someone felt "safer".

-Eric

813 posted on 04/16/2007 10:11:29 AM PDT by E Rocc (Myspace "Freepers" group moderator)
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To: retrokitten

Yes— the university is 15,000 students and since 2001 there have been 0 murders, 0 manslaughter crimes, 0 sexual assault, 7 burglaries (all cars).


814 posted on 04/16/2007 10:12:06 AM PDT by skippermd
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To: smalltownslick

Not everybody who looks oriental is from the coastal populations where they are by and large small people. Worked with a bunch of Chinese basketball playing students doing an exchange program once...all were like 6 ft and taller.


815 posted on 04/16/2007 10:12:10 AM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: AppyPappy

Prayers, hugs

. . . and ammo, if I could FREEPMAIL it! LOL.


816 posted on 04/16/2007 10:12:11 AM PDT by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD!)
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To: shoedog
Here we go. Press Conference at White House, reporters asking for need for stricter gun laws

Yea, it's getting to the point where no place is safe anymore except gun ranges that have high powered rifle and auto weapon sections that are frequented by evil SUV drivers.

There's just not enough banning going on to prevent this type of horror. /s

817 posted on 04/16/2007 10:13:05 AM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: LexHoskin

Sadly, that cellphone video of the gun shoots will be the viral video of the day.

Technology allows us all to share the good and bad anymore.


818 posted on 04/16/2007 10:13:05 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Deo volente

“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.””

This needs to be spread around, AND FAST...

Just ONE, that’s right, JUST ONE BRAVE, ARMED STUDENT, with a legal personal carry permit could have ended this and saved countless lives....


819 posted on 04/16/2007 10:13:16 AM PDT by tcrlaf (VOTE DEM! You'll Look GREAT In A Burqa!)
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To: milford421

I don’t buy it either. I was on FR earlier and just heard the death toll was up to 22. I’m in shock. It’s far worse than I ever imagined from the earliest posts on FR.

Anyone got any info on the shooter(s) yet?


820 posted on 04/16/2007 10:13:32 AM PDT by Paved Paradise
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