Mass Shooting at Virginia Tech...

[p0ink]

I wonder how many links I have to post of abortion clinic doctors and workers being assassinated before the point hits home.

so are all of the people murdering each other in new orleans republicans?

 

[jnevin]

Sweet. For a minute I thought this would get off track.

 

[gjohnson5]

I don't care

I don't feel safe with some of you holding the guns you have.

so are all of the people murdering each other in new orleans republicans?

 

[juiceddreadlocks]

so are all of the people murdering each other in new orleans republicans?

only the blackwater contractors.

 

[p0ink]

I don't care

I don't feel safe with some of you holding the guns you have.

i have never even been pulled over for speeding, let alone been convicted of a violent crime. nor have i ever had the urge to direct violence at another human being. i shoot at least 200 rounds a week, and not a single one has ever hurt, let alone killed, another living thing.

i also own quite a few weapons, including the oh-so-scary assault weapons.

why does that scare you?

 

[gjohnson5]

Probably neither did Cho Seung-Hui either...

I apologize for the political outburst

i have never even been pulled over for speeding, let alone been convicted of a violent crime. nor have i ever had the urge to direct violence at another human being. i shoot at least 200 rounds a week, and not a single one has ever hurt, let alone killed, another living thing.

i also own quite a few weapons, including the oh-so-scary assault weapons.

why does that scare you?

 

[juiceddreadlocks]

hey p0ink... what kind of safe do you have ?

 

[velvett]

Probably neither did Cho Seung-Hui either...

I apologize for the political outburst

No he was just medicated for depression, had multiple write ups on campus for stalking women, had recently set fire to a campus dorm, had written multiple plays detailing violence and twisted acts against upon others.

ALL THE SIGNS WERE THERE

but no one listened.

http://newsbloggers.aol.com/2007/04/17/cho-seung-huis-plays/

When I first heard about the multiple shootings at Virginia Tech yesterday, my first thought was about my friends, and my second thought was "I bet it was Seung Cho."

Cho was in my playwriting class last fall, and nobody seemed to think much of him at first. He would sit by himself whenever possible, and didn't like talking to anyone. I don't think I've ever actually heard his voice before. He was just so quiet and kept to himself. Looking back, he fit the exact stereotype of what one would typically think of as a "school shooter" – a loner, obsessed with violence, and serious personal problems. Some of us in class tried to talk to him to be nice and get him out of his shell, but he refused talking to anyone. It was like he didn't want to be friends with anybody. One friend of mine tried to offer him some Halloween candy that she still had, but he slowly shook his head, refusing it. He just came to class every day and submitted his work on time, as I understand it.

[snip...]

When we read Cho's plays, it was like something out of a nightmare. The plays had really twisted, macabre violence that used weapons I wouldn't have even thought of. Before Cho got to class that day, we students were talking to each other with serious worry about whether he could be a school shooter. I was even thinking of scenarios of what I would do in case he did come in with a gun, I was that freaked out about him. When the students gave reviews of his play in class, we were very careful with our words in case he decided to snap. Even the professor didn't pressure him to give closing comments.

After hearing about the mass shootings, I sent one of my friends a Facebook message asking him if he knew anything about Seung Cho and if he could have been involved. He replied: "dude that's EXACTLY what I was thinking! No, I haven't heard anything, but seriously, that was the first thing I thought when I heard he was Asian." [...snip]

 

[velvett]

Incorrect , the gun laws in Virginia allow for immigrant on visa to purchase a firearm

That's ridiculous.

I noted that after I saw this - http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/17/vtech.shooting/index.html
the gun laws in your state are pretty lax, made it a piece of cake for him to get a firearm.

He would not have been able to make such a purchase in my state.











ultimately none of it matters - if someone wants a gun to commit a heinous act they will get one

if they can not get a firearm - they will find other means to their desires

 

[samoth]

Holy political debate!