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In reaction to the Virginia Tech shooting spree, a Louisiana state lawmaker and higher education officials plan to unveil legislation Wednesday (April 18) to make clear that the state’s public universities can ban guns in student dorm rooms. Legislation by Louisiana state Rep. Richard Gallot (D) seeks to remove any doubt that guns are banned from college dorm rooms, despite a conflict between a state law allowing Louisiana residents to keep guns in their homes and one banning firearms at universities. The Louisiana proposal is the latest illustration of the collision between gun-free policies at state-run universities and state laws...

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Sun-Times: Va. Shooter May Have Been In U.S. On Visa POSTED: 6:03 pm CDT April 16, 2007 UPDATED: 9:24 pm CDT April 16, 2007 Email This Story | Print This Story Sign Up for Breaking News Alerts CHICAGO -- Chicago Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed reported Monday that the Virginia Tech shooter is a 24-year-old man from China. More than 30 people were killed Monday in the shooting rampage on Virginia Tech University's campus. According to Sneed, the man came to the U.S. last year on a student visa issued in Shanghai. Police believe the same man may be responsible for...

John and Jennifer Shourds of Lovettsville, Va. demanded the immediate firings of University President Charles Steger and Virginia Tech Campus Police Chief W.R. Flinchum who he said "screwed up" the handling of separate shooting incidents that left 33 students dead, including the shooter. “My God, if someone shoots somebody there should be an immediate lockdown of the campus,” said John Shourds. “They totally blew it. The president blew it, campus police blew it.” The Shourds said they received a phone call from their daughter, Alexandra, a freshman at the college in Blacksburg, who was unsure of how to handle a...