[bray]

Before you blame Va Tech, think of the impossibility of the situation. I cannot imagine how you lockdown a University.

Pray for W and Va Tech

[cajungirl]

I work at a University,,we have been locked down twice in the last few years. The last lockdown was when a person was reported on campus to be carrying a weapon and threatening people. We were locked down for a couple of hours. They have mass calling, emals to critical people who go lock the doors.

I wonder why there wasn’t a lockdown when they knew the perp was loose. Seemed indicated to me. But this is a small school, no history of this.

[Mac94]

Agreed! Lessons can be learned but how does one ever plan for something like this? These people cannot be phsycic and all knowing .... and I’d guess they are in shock right now as well. The blame game seems idiotic ... these men and women in local law enforcement and University Administration did not aid in any of this ... they just never saw it coming ... any in reality, how could they? We do need to learn why this happened, esp on the remote possibility that this was foreign terrorism. We can also learn from it .... but the sole responsibility is with the person(s) that carried this out.

[TomGuy]

Before you blame Va Tech, think of the impossibility of the situation. I cannot imagine how you lockdown a University.

True. We are an open society.

A perp with the kind of intent this one had would find a way. Whether he were on this campus or any of hundreds of other college campuses.

Even if every student had a personal bodyguard, there is no way to prevent a nutcase with intent from this kind of atrocity.

[floriduh voter]

They thought he fled as did the cops. They seemed satisfied that the killer left the campus, maybe the state instead of pursuing. Out of sight - out of mind. The school was taking the le’ word for it. There was no pursuit. Inexcusable.