Posted on 04/26/2007 11:57:24 AM PDT by Uncledave
They did charge him. He gunned them down.
Some good points in this article.
I agree. After the attack I was questioning why there wasn't any resistance from the students. But I've been rethinking that. I certainly don't excuse the terrible gun policies and weak response of authorities, mind you. But I can see how that many students were killed in this situation without having successfully defended themselves.
They have been conditioned to be good little sheep and rely on the police to save them. Not to mention the fact they were paralyzed trying to figure out how a gun got in a gun free zone.
Hey Smitie, maybe because the “students” have been indoctrinated for years with the notion that big government will protect and should protect us all.
How many times have we seen LEOs telling any who would listen to “just call 911.” Taking matters into one’s own hands has become the height of hubris.
Hey Smitie, maybe because the “students” have been indoctrinated for years with the notion that big governnment will protect and should protect us all.
How many times have we seen LEOs telling any who would listen to “just call 911.” Taking matters into one’s own hands has become the height of hubris.
This is a creepy post. The author seems to enjoy a little too much phrases like “field of fire” and “tactical variables” and “fire superiority.” It was a college. Let the dead rest in peace and the survivors be left unjudged.
One thing I wonder about is if anyone attempted to hunt down the shooter after learning there was a madman running through the building shooting people. It may have been possible to sneak up behind him as he entered the classrooms and then tackle/disarm him.
Wanted you to read this. This guy is like you, a Marine and a pirate!! :D
No, he didn't.
“Thank God, he [Cho] didn’t have guns staged all over the place.”
Thanks for giving the next nutcase copycat that idea
How about they were terrified?
That is totally unfair. I’ve been amazed at the criticism I’ve seen directed at these students. Have you been in a college classroom lately? If VT is anything like the classrooms I attended in college—and I went to a sister school in VA—we sat at desks in rows. These desks are awkward enough to get into and out of without a gunmen in front shooting at you. There was construction going on that can sound enough like a machine gun to confuse anyone not expecting to be looking at the face of killer. These kids didn’t have enough time to think about the police saving them. Get real!
I'm guessing this author has been getting a lot of letters blaming the students for not fighting back and he wanted to defend the students from a tactical point of view. I find no fault with that.
agreed...
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