AikiDale Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Early reports are 22 dead and 21 wounded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFlowers Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 The news reports are very contradictory right now. Seems that there was one shooting in one dorm, then another one in a second dorm, about 2:30 apart. But one report says they were unrelated, others seem to indicate it was one shooter. Whatever happened, this is indeed a tragedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazos SC Shooter Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Latest story on MSN says 22 dead 28 wounded. That is horrible. My heart goes out to the families who have lost children today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1g1tal Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 I'm about 15 minutes from Tech at Radford visiting my GF. All my friends who I have talked to that go to Tech are fine as are hers. I actually live about 45 minutes from Tech. It's really bad to hear about something like this but it's weirder to be so close to it and know people who attend the school. Here is a better coverage from one of our local news sites. http://www.wsls.com/servlet/Satellite?page...d=1173350761291 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDRODA396 Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 What a Terrible Tragedy...my prayers go out to all the families of those involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinistralRifleman Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Schools = Government Sponsored Victim Disarmament Zones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cheely Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Schools = Government Sponsored Victim Disarmament Zones. I hate going on campus because I can't carry. I stay for as short a time as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 (edited) Terrible tragedy, the families will be hurt for the rest of there lives Our prayers go out for them!! Many years ago 40 or more, my grandfather told me that any place that you are not allowed to have a gun is probably where you will need it the most. This whole thing just breaks my heart. Jim Edit for spell Edited April 16, 2007 by GentlemanJim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulm540 Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 A terrible tragedy indeed. My prayers goes to the victims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Norman Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 32 dead. Includes one shooter. May or may not be more than one. Over two hours apart. Anyone want to speculate on the near future? All the talking heads are saying how easy to carry into school, no one saying that if some of the adult students were armed that this might not have happened. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkS_A18138 Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Our prayers go out to the parents..... I could not imagine the losing my child! I really could not imagine losing my child like that!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gameplayer Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Just found out. This is a terrible tragedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinUSA Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 From Fox News: The students and faculty were barricading themselves in their classrooms after what one person described as an Asian male wearing a vest opened fire. The shooter was "wearing a vest covered in clips was just unloading on their door, going from classroom to classroom … they said it never seemed like it was going to stop and there was just blood all over," Harrison said. Does not sound like a spur of the moment thing, with that much ammo it must have been planned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberneck Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 I really feel for those who passed and their families. May God be with them in the coming days. I feel ill especially considering those poor souls were herded into classrooms by a wolf and because of a law there were no sheep dogs available when they were needed the most. Our future as a community looks very bleak right now. We have never gotten a fair shake in the MSM and if you listen closely enough you can hear the hysteria machine being warmed up. The new AWB just got a big boost from this senseless act. It matters not that the guns in question aren't covered by the AWB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maineshootah Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 awful, just awful. This is a terrible, my heart goes out to all students and parents of the VT community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaseyJ Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 I am with the ppl who think we should be allowed to carry on campuses and I also believe a few teachers should be trained on firearms use and be proficient so they may defend their schools, stuff like this would stop happening if ppl didn't think it was such an easy target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyinBlue Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 I am sickened by this news. My heart breaks for the families who lost a loved one. One armed bystander could have saved many lives today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberneck Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 One armed bystander could have saved many lives today. Chances are it would have saved many lives. Back in 2002 an Appalachian State law student went on a shooting rampage that resulted in the deaths of two or three people, and it would have been much worse if he wasn't subdued by three fellow students, two of who were carrying. If only there was one or two Va Tech students who were carrying in that class room and things would have turned out very differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cheely Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 One armed bystander could have saved many lives today. Chances are it would have saved many lives. Back in 2002 an Appalachian State law student went on a shooting rampage that resulted in the deaths of two or three people, and it would have been much worse if he wasn't subdued by three fellow students, two of who were carrying. If only there was one or two Va Tech students who were carrying in that class room and things would have turned out very differently. Yep, Then that student's future would end when they were sentenced to a prison term for carrying unlawfully. I hate reading about shootings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberneck Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 One armed bystander could have saved many lives today. Chances are it would have saved many lives. Back in 2002 an Appalachian State law student went on a shooting rampage that resulted in the deaths of two or three people, and it would have been much worse if he wasn't subdued by three fellow students, two of who were carrying. If only there was one or two Va Tech students who were carrying in that class room and things would have turned out very differently. Yep, Then that student's future would end when they were sentenced to a prison term for carrying unlawfully. I hate reading about shootings. I would rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cheely Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 I would rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6. I agree. Still points to the insanity of regulated disarmament zones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 "I am with the ppl who think we should be allowed to carry on campuses and I also believe a few teachers should be trained on firearms use and be proficient so they may defend their schools, stuff like this would stop happening if ppl didn't think it was such an easy target." (CaseyJ) Amen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomfturner Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 32 dead. Includes one shooter. May or may not be more than one. Over two hours apart. Anyone want to speculate on the near future? All the talking heads are saying how easy to carry into school, no one saying that if some of the adult students were armed that this might not have happened. Jim Neal Bortz mentioned that this morning when this story broke out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryeg7 Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 one single armed CCW holder on campus could have prevented the majority of this tragedy. thank god it was a 'gun-free zone'. i'm sure all the victims of this crime feel much safer because of this . . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maineshootah Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 "I am with the ppl who think we should be allowed to carry on campuses and I also believe a few teachers should be trained on firearms use and be proficient so they may defend their schools, stuff like this would stop happening if ppl didn't think it was such an easy target." (CaseyJ) Amen. While I agree 100%, most of the adjunct instructors and profesors I know are very anti-gun and would never consider "needing" a firearm for any reason. Self defense?? "That is what the police are for!" You should have seen the looks on some of their faces when I tried to describe my weekends of 3 gunning or USPSA shooting. I know I dropped a few IQ points in their minds. It has been my observation during my time at the University of XX for 13 years, (note my Sig line) Most staff and students are in a constant mental awareness level of "opaque" and think something like this will never happen as they walk around looking down with iPods blasting in ears or yelling into cellphones, totally unaware of what is going on around them. Something needs to change, let us hope it is a change in the RIGHT direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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