Virginia Tech Shooting Incident 4/16/07
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The facts of this horrible tragedy are still coming to light. But, every college president in the US knows that this could very well have happened under his (or her) watch. This was not caused or facilitated by a lack of communication on the part of the university, nor was it for lack of "gun control" laws. This happened because one deranged exchange student got by our screening process and carried out an unthinkable crime, killing young unarmed kids with ease and icy efficiency. My own slant is that it takes years of training to do that. Yet, this homicidal nut was brought into this country and allowed to roam free among or best and our brightest.
Call for an additional layer of ridiculous, watered-down, ineffective and unenforceable gun control laws if it makes you feel better. How can nobody, nobody (?!) raise a question about how this maniac was allowed here? No, let's make up more silly gun control laws to keep any potential deterrent out of the hands of the innocent victims. Just consider, would this maniac have done this if there was the slightest possibility of someone shooting back?
My conclusion: this tragedy is just outside my door. I have two kids at a similarly sized institution. Couldn't we, for once, look at the gateway that this psycopath waltzed through in order to carry out the most heinous of crimes, executing innocent, unarmed people for the crime of being Americans and being in the wrong place at the most unfortunate of times. Who let this guy in ? And, if we turn away 10,000 worthy international candidates and keep him out, who is the major loser in the equation? Our own goivernment showed its incompetence once again, for which we pay an unimaginable price.
4/19/07 UPDATE: The college is in huge trouble, waiting way too long before notifying their students and faculty that the campus was not safe. Not notifying his current suitemates of his mental state also adds to their liability, HIPPA regulations notwithstanding. Those kids aren't paying 30 grand a year to roll the dice on having a mass murderer sleep next door. Professors fielding complaints about other students' safety, removing him from English class but not the dorms is an incredibly risky path. The red flags were everywhere and they just ignored them, confident it couldn't blow up in their faces. Ka- BOOM! Ah, President Steger, my lawyer has a couple of questions for you. It won't take long.
On top of everything else, the perp complied with a background check in order to legally buy his guns. Yuh, we really need more "gun control" don't we? Felons cannot buy guns but if you're mentally ill, no problem.