32 shot dead on US college campus at Virginia Tech

[dublinfella]

No chance of banning guns, the constitution gives them the right "The right to bear arms"

".... in a well regultated militia". The US Supreme Court ruled that as the US Govt has the right to conscrpit, the entire nation can be considered a militia.

Mentalists.

[Gabriel_Hurl]

I've heard that the shooting in the halls of residence was by a guy who shot the new boyfriend of his recent ex.

[ziggysego]

I've heard that the shooting in the halls of residence was by a guy who shot the new boyfriend of his recent ex.

Apparently he was running about the halls for two hours prior to the shooting... with a loaded gun. No-one stopped him!

[J70]

I've heard that the shooting in the halls of residence was by a guy who shot the new boyfriend of his recent ex.

Apparently he was running about the halls for two hours prior to the shooting... with a loaded gun. No-one stopped him!

Which is the argument that gun rights people will throw back: if someone else had been carrying, the guy might have been stopped a lot sooner.

[Redgreenery]

The person who done this must have been some asshole really gone in the head.

[ziggysego]

The shooter's dead, so it can't be him.

[Gabriel_Hurl]

here ya go

[Gaaboardmod3]

Syd - Your initial post and all replies to it have been deleted. From Munich posts to Racism. Nice. Keep it up and you'll be banned.

[Gabriel_Hurl]

BLACKSBURG, Va. - The gunman suspected of carrying out the Virginia Tech massacre that left 33 people dead was identified Tuesday as a English major whose creative writing was so disturbing that he was referred to the school's counseling service.

News reports also said that he may have been taking medication for depression, that he was becoming increasingly violent and erratic, and that he left a note in his dorm in which he railed against "rich kids," "debauchery" and "deceitful charlatans" on campus.

Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old senior, arrived in the United States as boy from South Korea in 1992 and was raised in suburban Washington, D.C., officials said. He was living on campus in a different dorm from the one where Monday's bloodbath began.

Police and university officials offered no clues as to exactly what set him off on the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history.

"He was a loner, and we're having difficulty finding information about him," school spokesman Larry Hincker said.

Professor Carolyn Rude, chairwoman of the university's English department, said she did not personally know the gunman. But she said she spoke with Lucinda Roy, the department's director of creative writing, who had Cho in one of her classes and described him as "troubled."

"There was some concern about him," Rude said. "Sometimes, in creative writing, people reveal things and you never know if it's creative or if they're describing things, if they're imagining things or just how real it might be. But we're all alert to not ignore things like this."

She said Cho was referred to the counseling service, but she said she did not know when, or what the outcome was. Rude refused to release any of his writings or his grades, citing privacy laws.

The Chicago Tribune reported on its Web site that he left a note in his dorm room that included a rambling list of grievances. Citing identified sources, the Tribune said he had recently shown troubling signs, including setting a fire in a dorm room and stalking some women.

Investigators believe Cho at some point had been taking medication for depression, the newspaper reported.

[ziggysego]

Syd - Your initial post and all replies to it have been deleted. From Munich posts to Racism. Nice. Keep it up and you'll be banned.

Good man admin.

[The Real Laoislad]

Syd - Your initial post and all replies to it have been deleted. From Munich posts to Racism. Nice. Keep it up and you'll be banned.

Vlad the Impaler seems to like to mention Munich alot to.....Vlad the Impaler aka Syd the Sailor

[J70]

Syd - Your initial post and all replies to it have been deleted. From Munich posts to Racism. Nice. Keep it up and you'll be banned.

Vlad the Impaler seems to like to mention Munich alot to.....Vlad the Impaler aka Syd the Sailor

Outstanding detective work there Laoislad!

[muppet]

 Watching the Beeb they reported a gun lobby representative as saying 'if all the students had guns this wouldn't have happened'.

Surely that kind of talk should earn him an extended holiday in Guantanamo.

[pintsofguinness]

Watching the Beeb they reported a gun lobby representative as saying 'if all the students had guns this wouldn't have happened'.

I don't understand why someone didn't overpower him and take the gun off him.

[blast05]

I don't understand why someone didn't overpower him and take the gun off him.

I'd say the reason why might be something to do with him having a gun