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Cho sent photos and rambling letter to NBC.
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Posted on 04/18/2007 1:29:40 PM PDT by harwood

Just heard anchorette report this on pMSNBC


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aishmael; cho; copiedfirst; ishmael; losersyndrome; manifesto; nbcexclusive; psychmeds; ratings; schizophrenic; senttofbisecond; vatech; virginiatech; vtach
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To: Zon
Did he file off the serial numbers? Without the serial numbers there’s no way to trace the guns to a specific gun dealer and purchaser. What if the guns used in the shooting were obtained illegally and had been used in other crimes before Cho came into their possession? Would law enforcement be able to trace the bullets to previous killings or crimes? Perhaps the package that NBC received documents those other crimes.

He probably used one of the Dremal tools found among his things.

And it is quite easy to recover a ground-off serial number, because the stamping process distorts the metal even below the surface. Most morons just remove enough material until they see flat metal, and stop. One then polishes that surface, smoothing it if needed, and uses acid to reveal the number. If you stipple or stamp the number first to obliterate it with more sever distortion that the numbers were stamped with, then grind away, they probably won’t be able to recover the number.

No way to trace the bullets. Only on TV.

401 posted on 04/18/2007 3:22:14 PM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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To: PureSolace

CNN Pipeline just said that he made and mailed the package between the two shootings. Crazy.

I wonder how much of the contents of the package was made that day. Aside from the content that is time specific (ie., a newspaper with that day's date, timestamp on video, writing or talking about the events of that day), how do they determine how old a hand written paper or printed page is.

402 posted on 04/18/2007 3:23:38 PM PDT by Zon (Honesty outlives the lie, spin and deception -- It always has -- It always will.)
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To: scouse

why did he obliterate the serial numbers on his weapons?


Because he thought of himself as a bad-ass, and thought it would be cool to break that rule, too.


403 posted on 04/18/2007 3:23:49 PM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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To: fooman
but it will watched by millions. pure evil genius

I am afraid you are right fooman. How many more Cho's are out there and will idolize him once the video/writing is made fully public?

404 posted on 04/18/2007 3:23:56 PM PDT by daybreakcoming (X41:"I will never apologize for the United States of America — I don't care what the facts are")
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To: harwood

You said — “I want to know what’s in his ramblings. I still think there’s a RoP link somewhere.”

Oh gawwwd! I thought the ROP-ers (for Cho) were finally dead and buried. You mean there is still someone out there looking for the ROP-connection for this totally whacko nutjob?

Un-freakin-believable!

Regards,
Star Traveler


405 posted on 04/18/2007 3:23:56 PM PDT by Star Traveler
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To: RadioCirca1970

It seems to me that most all of the materials he sent to NBC are probably on his personal computer. If my assumption is correct, the authorities have known since Monday more about the killer than they have disclosed.

Now that NBC has the materials, it will be made public, something I’m not sure I agree with.


406 posted on 04/18/2007 3:24:09 PM PDT by Loyal Buckeye
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To: Zon

“Among the materials are 23 QuickTime video files showing Cho talking directly to the camera, Capus said. He does not name anyone specifically, but he talks at length about religion and his hatred of the wealthy.”


407 posted on 04/18/2007 3:24:25 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: WestCoastGal

Unless he is part of a terrorist group that can still harm us, I don’t know if I want to see this either. It can’t do anything but give him the attention he wanted and hurt others.


408 posted on 04/18/2007 3:24:25 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: trumandogz
There is no way he went to the USPS Post Office. If he had gone to the Post Office he would have been in line for six hours and never would have had time to do the other killings.

IOW, he didn't go "postal". Oh, wait! He did!

409 posted on 04/18/2007 3:24:29 PM PDT by Timeout (I hate MediaCrats! ......and trial lawyers.)
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To: BurbankKarl

Other reports have said that Cho’s parents did NOT attempt suicide, that that report has no validity.

Another report indicated that at least one of the parents (mother, I think) may have been hospitalized due to the stress.


410 posted on 04/18/2007 3:24:55 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: MrCFdovnh

Gun owners are so screwed. Prepare for some real bad persecution soon.


411 posted on 04/18/2007 3:25:56 PM PDT by Tolsti
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To: daybreakcoming

right. I am just saying we should respect the ability of people like this to do harm and try to prevent it.

But when we are successful at prevention,like bush since 911, people just pooh pooh the success.


412 posted on 04/18/2007 3:27:00 PM PDT by fooman (Get real with Kim Jung Mentally Ill about proliferation)
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To: HairOfTheDog

And didn’t I read in the news recently that the only job Mary Mapes has managed to get was in the NBC Mail Room working on receiving materials and making copies?

AAAAAAAAAAGGHHHHHH!!!


413 posted on 04/18/2007 3:27:08 PM PDT by SirJohnBarleycorn
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To: Shermy

he talks at length about religion and his hatred of the wealthy.


And no one wants MSM/DNC talking points associated with mass murder.

(Oddly, those who follow history find it easy to draw connections between socialism and mass murder!)


414 posted on 04/18/2007 3:27:10 PM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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To: Tolsti

Gun owners are so screwed. Prepare for some real bad persecution soon.


Except for stricter reporting and restriction on the mental illness issue, I wouldn’t worry about it this time.


415 posted on 04/18/2007 3:28:13 PM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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To: WestCoastGal

Knowing how you and I feel - this picture/news will be horrific for the families of the slain. He was evil to the end.


416 posted on 04/18/2007 3:28:21 PM PDT by daybreakcoming (X41:"I will never apologize for the United States of America — I don't care what the facts are")
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To: Timeout
IOW, he didn't go "postal". Oh, wait! He did!

That would be post-postal. lol
417 posted on 04/18/2007 3:29:23 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Beelzebubba

I hope you are right. I think we’re gonna get wrecked though.


418 posted on 04/18/2007 3:29:30 PM PDT by Tolsti
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To: scouse

You asked — “If this is so, why did he obliterate the serial numbers on his weapons?”

Well, just a guess on my part....

If he happened to have the weapons discovered before he carried out the plan, he might be able to say that he didn’t own them and didn’t know where they came from (being that there were other people around who had access to the same area). So, maybe it was from that angle that he was thinking.

It seems that he didn’t know that simply grinding it off wouldn’t do it. I hear that using a punch and obliterating it that way works. He must not have done enough research on the subject. Oh well...

But, nonetheless, he was under the assumption (anyway) that he could disguies the origin of the weapons, so that it wouldn’t be traced back to him. Thus, if they happened to be discovered ahead of time — he would *still* be able to carry off his attack — although at a later time, after things had “cooled down” (at least in his own head, he might have thought that).

And *that* would then fit the descriptions that you’ve been hearing about. He didn’t want to be caught *beforehand* — but rather go out in a blaze of glory after the fact.

Regards,
Star Traveler


419 posted on 04/18/2007 3:29:52 PM PDT by Star Traveler
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To: AUsome Joy

I know nothing about guns, but I thought I heard the comment on TV yesterday that the FBI or other authorities, had a way to raise the serial numbers.

I suppose it's possible if the serial numbers are stamped, which they probably are, as opposed to engraved/etched. Then again, hearing something on TV is probably but a notch or two above hearing something on television. Who knows if the person you heard on TV knows what they are talking about. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable will chime in.

420 posted on 04/18/2007 3:29:59 PM PDT by Zon (Honesty outlives the lie, spin and deception -- It always has -- It always will.)
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